Aircraft model
BOEING A75N1
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The A75N1 is the Stearman variant corresponding to the Army's PT-17, with the 220 hp Continental W670 radial. It is the most numerous Stearman model and the one most people mean by the name: open cockpits, two tandem seats, wire bracing and a sound nothing else makes.
Nobody buys one as transport. It does 85 knots, it is loud, cold and windy, and there is no cabin. What it offers is an experience nothing else provides, plus a ride business for those who want one. The burdens are a radial that throws oil and is expensive to overhaul, fabric needing periodic recovering and permanent hangarage, bracing wires to inspect and tension, and a narrow-track taildragger with a ground-loop reputation. Aircraft with the 450 hp Pratt & Whitney conversion are common and cost considerably more.
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- BOEING A75N1
What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | taildragger |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental W670-6A (radial) |
| Horsepower | 220 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | military-surplus |
| Production start | 1940 |
| Production end | 1945 |
| Endorsements required | high-performance;tailwheel |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 85 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 430 nm |
| Service ceiling | 11,200 ft |
| Climb rate | 840 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 47 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 781 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 505 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 2,717 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,936 lb |
| Usable fuel | 46 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 12.3 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $79,500 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $195,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,000 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $50,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $85,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 785 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 59 |
| Median year built | 1942.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 2 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 33.9 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 33.9 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 8 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 13.56 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 0 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 59 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 59 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 59 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 2.9 of 101 |
| Severity | 6.4 of 102 |
| Access | 1.2 of 103 |
| Support | 9.5 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 1.8 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 21.8 out of 506 |
These record scores treat BOEING A75N1 as one design with the same aircraft registered under other names: it includes 760 aircraft registered as BOEING A75N1(PT17); includes 1 aircraft registered under BOEING/CAINS RICHARD G; includes 1 aircraft registered under BOEING/DEKKER; includes 1 aircraft registered under BOEING/JOHNSON; includes 1 aircraft registered under BOEING/MAYS; includes 1 aircraft registered under BOEING/MEHRER; includes 1 aircraft registered under BOEING/MOUNTAIN VIEW AIR REP; includes 1 aircraft registered under BOEING/SMITH; includes the record of aircraft once registered under BOEI. Prices are not combined.
- Accident record: class median 29.1 · 174 models in class.
- Severity: class median 9.09.
- Access: class median 974.
- Support: class median 81.
- Liquidity: class median 20.47.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories.