# N885EA: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: July 23, 2025
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=885EA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N885EA

## Aircraft that carried N885EA

- [Cancelled 2025-07-23](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N885EA-2025-07-23): Dehavilland DHC-8-106, S/N 341, built 1992. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Xxx, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Xxx)
- [Cancelled 2007-02-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N885EA-2007-02-16): Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, S/N 454, built 1975. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Era Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ERA%20AVIATION%20INC), [Anchorage, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Anchorage)

## NTSB investigations on N885EA (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 ANC02LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA079), Jul 13, 2002: de Havilland DHC-6 (N885EA), Toksook Bay, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A bird strike during takeoff, which resulted in damage to the right wing.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N885EA (3)

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.

- [Incident 20210817008639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210817008639I), Aug 17, 2021: Dehavilland DHC-8-106 (N885EA), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. On departure with the aircraft leveling off at 6000 feet, the flight crew noticed that the copilot's windshield began to crack. The crew requested a return to…
- [Incident 20150512007009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150512007009I), May 12, 2015: Dehavilland DHC-8-106 (N885EA), Anchorage, AK, No damage. On 5/12/2015 at 1445 local time N885EA, a corvus airlines owned DHC-8-106 departed Anchorage, AK for kodiak, AK. On a scheduled FAR 121 filight. Wx was clear,…
- [Accident 20020713026049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020713026049A), Jul 13, 2002: Dhav DHC6 (N885EA), Toksook Bay, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) After take off from took sook bay, runway 15, aircraft encountered bird strike to right wing. Aircraft continued to intended destination bethel, AK.…

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