# N21748: 1939 Douglas DC3A, registration cancelled 2013-10-23

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 23, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Douglas DC3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3a) (registry code 3021433)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney TW-S1-S3-S4](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-tw-s1-s3-s4) (registry code 52019)
- Serial number: 2106
- Year built: 1939
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard
- Airworthiness date: July 5, 1961
- Certificate issued: April 23, 1986
- Last registry action: April 25, 1992
- Mode S code: A1D688
- Owner when cancelled: [Cuesta Pedro](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CUESTA%20PEDRO)
- Location: [Miami, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 25.7838° N, 80.2363° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33125, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21748
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=21748
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21748-2013-10-23

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 Douglas DC3A: https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3a.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 ANC67I0047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC67I0047), Nov 28, 1966: Douglas DC-3A (N21748), Nome, AK, incident, minor damage

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