SNJ-5/Bu. 51698
    
	
      Bureau #: 51698
Construction #: 88-14446
Civil Registration:
N7986C
	
    
    Construction #: 88-14446
Civil Registration:
N7986C
      Model(s):
SNJ-5
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: 2025
  	
        SNJ-5
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: 2025
          History: 
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 51698, 19??.
450 Corp, Denver, CO, 1963-1964.
 
        
 
        
20th Century Fox Film Corp, Hollywood, CA, circa 1968-1971.
        
Rudy A. Frasca/Frasca Air Museum, Champaign, IL, July 22, 1987-2021.
        
    
 
    
 	Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 51698, 19??.
450 Corp, Denver, CO, 1963-1964.
- Registered as N7986C.
- Damaged when aircraft ran off runway during landing & struck parked PA-23/N5331Z, Bailey Crossroads, VA, November 5, 1968.
20th Century Fox Film Corp, Hollywood, CA, circa 1968-1971.
- Converted to Zero replica by Cal-Volair, Oxnard CA, circa 1968.
- Used in movie Tora! Tora! Tora!. 
- Noted in open storage Long Beach, CA, 1969-1971.
- Sold at auction Long Beach, CA, February 1971.
Rudy A. Frasca/Frasca Air Museum, Champaign, IL, July 22, 1987-2021.
- Flown in Japanese scheme as 147 with tiger nose art.
      Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Manfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2020.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
 
  	
  
 	Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Manfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2020.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
  
      Photo Source(s):
David Williams Jr
        
Research Assistance:
David Williams Jr
 
      
 
David Williams Jr
Research Assistance:
David Williams Jr
 
        

 
                    