Single-engine piston

N56478

1941 Consolidated Vultee BT-13A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1941
Serial
7356
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum (Corporation)
Based
Dallas, TX
Registration record

N56478 on the FAA register

Type
1941 Consolidated Vultee BT-13A
Serial
7356
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Registered owner
American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum
Dallas, TX
Certificate issued
2000-11-08
Airworthiness date
1980-04-17
Registration expires
2029-01-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · showing compliance
Mode S (hex)
A73934
Mode S (octal)
51634464
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2000-11-08
    Certificate of registration issued as N56478.
  • 1980-04-17
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (showing compliance)).
  • 1941
    Manufactured (1941).
Overview

About N56478

N56478 is a 1941 Consolidated Vultee BT-13A, serial number 7356. The FAA register lists American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum as the registrant in Dallas, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 8, 2000 and expires on January 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Pratt & Whitney R1340 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (showing compliance), dated April 17, 1980.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N56478.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N56478.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.