1942 Fairchild PT-23Single-Engine Piston Aircraft • Maryville, TN, USA

This 1942 Fairchild PT-23 (M-62C), registered N23PT and bearing the AAF tail number 42-49887, is offered for sale in Knoxville, Tennessee at $65,000 and includes a substantial package of spares. Manufactured by the St. Louis Street Car Company for Fairchild during WWII, the airframe has a remarkably low total time of 858.5 hours, with 175.05 hours logged at the time of its purchase from the War Assets Administration at Harris Field, Cape Girardeau, MO on April 26, 1946. The current engine (SN 15660) has 441.6 hours SMOH. The aircraft was last run and taxied approximately ten years ago, after being parked around twenty years ago, and has been...

Year: 1942

Make: Fairchild

Series: PT-23

Model: PT-23

Tail #: N23PT

Serial #: 211

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Specifications

Category: Single-Engine Piston

Intended Use: Classic / Antique, Military / Warbird, Training

Flight Rules: VFR

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time: 858.5 hrs

Engine 1 Time: 441.6 hrs (SMOH)

Logbook Status: All Logs

Inspection Status: Disassembled for safe shipment with major components in roll-around cradles

Additional Equipment

Spare Engine

Continental W670-6N - Spare engine SN with log book, hours since major overhaul

Spare Propeller

Sensenich 90LA78 - wooden prop model serial number M1271 in bare wood for long-term storage

Spare Prop Hub

Spare complete low time prop hub

Brake Kit

NOS expander tube brake kit with two expander tubes, 18 brake pucks, and 18 clips for Goodrich/Hayes brakes

Parts Engines

Continental W670 - Two junk engines with junk parts

Starter Motor

JAHCO two speed 115v - JAHCO electric inertia starter crank

Manual Inertia Starter Crank

Battery Box

Battery box from a PT-26

Spark Plugs

BG spark plugs - Several dozen surplus new old stock (NOS) BG for Continental R/W670s

Ignition Harness Inserts

NOS inserts ('cigarettes') for 670 ignition harness

Engine Gaskets

Many 670 NOS gaskets and engine mount bushings

Tool Kit

AAF R670 - Surplus AAF tool kit appears complete, but may not be

Tailwheel Tire

Firestone Sky Champion 10.00 SC - Spare NOS SC static conductor tailwheel tire

Manuals

Complete AAF Manual set, three Continental R670 & W670 manuals, including WWII era operating and overhaul instructions and 1958 overhaul manual and parts catalog

Book

Cradle of Heroes by H.L. Puckett

Instruments

Several old instruments: 2 tachs, 2 whiskey compasses, 1 clock, 1 turn & slip, 2 oil temp/oil press/fuel press combo gauges (one with capillary)

Fabric

Plywood on upper wings was covered with fabric in 1947 and fabric needs to be replaced