Single-engine piston

N67579

1942 Convair BT-13A

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
1942
Serial
6814
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Golden Age Flight Museum Inc (Corporation)
Based
Bakersfield, CA
Registration record

N67579 on the FAA register

Type
1942 Convair BT-13A
Serial
6814
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Registered owner
Golden Age Flight Museum Inc
Bakersfield, CA
Certificate issued
2020-04-15
Airworthiness date
2020-07-14
Registration expires
2030-04-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A8F1BA
Mode S (octal)
52170672
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-07-14
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 2020-04-15
    Certificate of registration issued as N67579.
  • 1964-08-13
    Accident at Casa Grande Ariz, 03; damage: destroyed.
  • 1942
    Manufactured (1942).
Overview

About N67579

N67579 is a 1942 Convair BT-13A, serial number 6814. The FAA register lists Golden Age Flight Museum Inc as the registrant in Bakersfield, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 15, 2020 and expires on April 30, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Pratt & Whitney R-985 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated July 14, 2020.

N67579 has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: destroyed); details are below. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1973-09-29 Accident · Madera,Calif, 05 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 2947
Reported aircraft: Vultee BT-13A — a different aircraft that carried the N67579 registration before this airframe.
1964-08-13 Accident · Casa Grande Ariz, 03 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 2459
Reported aircraft: Convair BT13

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

Same model

More Convair BT-13A aircraft

All 11 Convair BT-13A registrations →
Same state

Other aircraft registered in California

All 27,686 aircraft registered in California →
Similar aircraft

Other single-engine pistons on the register

More from Convair

Convair models on the register

Own N67579?

Get a free valuation, digitize the logbooks, or list it on fyiAero.

Free valuation Logbook transcription

Browse: Aircraft registered in California· Registry by state· FAA registry stats

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.