# N4793C: 1951 Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, registration cancelled 2017-03-21

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 21, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2-mk-1) (registry code 2800102)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008)
- Serial number: 296
- Year built: 1951
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: October 27, 1970
- Certificate issued: September 18, 1968
- Last registry action: November 13, 2014
- Mode S code: A5E54D
- Owner when cancelled: [Civil Air Patrol Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CIVIL%20AIR%20PATROL%20INC)
- Location: [Maxwell Afb, AL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AL/Maxwell%20Afb)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 32.3809° N, 86.3637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 36112, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4793C
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4793C
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4793C-2017-03-21

From the FAA registry file of November 7, 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 Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1: https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-dhc-2-mk-1.md

## NTSB investigations (2)

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 ANC10LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA044), May 24, 2010: Dehavilland Beaver DHC-2 MK.1 (N4793C), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The commercial pilot’s loss of airplane control while landing in a crosswind, resulting in a nose-over. Contributing to the accident was the check pilot's inadequate supervision of the commercial…
- [NTSB ANC01TA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01TA048), Apr 20, 2001: de Havilland DHC-2 (N4793C), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the pilot to maintain adequate distance/clearance from a cement barricade while taxiing into a parking spot after landing. A factor was the presence of a barricade adjacent to the…

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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.

- [Accident 20100523005899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100523005899A), May 23, 2010: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC- (N4793C), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. The certificated flight instructor in the right seat was giving sea plane instruction to the ses rated pilot who occupied the left seat. The pilot receiving…
- [Accident 20010419039819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010419039819A), Apr 19, 2001: Dhav DHC2MK1 (N4793C), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) During a telephone conversation with the pilot on August 1, 2001, he told this inspector that as he was returning from a flight in a DHC-2, he was…

## Other aircraft with N4793C

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4793C): DJI AGRAS T40, S/N 1581FS5748235Q00100ST

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