# N56336: Convair BT-13A, registration cancelled 2000-08-23

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 23, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Convair BT-13A](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-bt-13a) (registry code 2420204)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A-2-571](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-2-571) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 6656
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: October 18, 1991
- Last registry action: April 24, 2000
- Mode S code: A734EF
- Owner when cancelled: [American Airpower Heritage Flight Museum](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMERICAN%20AIRPOWER%20HERITAGE%20FLIGHT%20MUSEUM)
- Location: [Midland, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Midland)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56336
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=56336
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56336-2000-08-23

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Convair BT-13A: https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-bt-13a.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX00FA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00FA159), Apr 17, 2000: Convair BT-13A (N56336), Pearl Harbor, HI, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to anticipate turbulence from the formation lead airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20000417038519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000417038519A), Apr 17, 2000: Cvac BT13A (N56336), Pearl Harbor, HI, Destroyed. (-23) At the termination of a low pass over the movie set, the aircrafts left wing collided with a 40 foot tall palm tree, severing the outboard 18 feet of the…

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