# N5342G: 1954 Dehavilland BEAVER U-6A, registration cancelled 2018-02-07

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 7, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Dehavilland BEAVER U-6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-u-6a) (registry code 2800105)
- Serial number: 854
- Year built: 1954
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: September 23, 1998
- Certificate issued: September 13, 1976
- Last registry action: April 18, 2012
- Mode S code: A6C1EE
- 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/N5342G
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5342G
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5342G-2018-02-07

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 Dehavilland BEAVER U-6A: https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-u-6a.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 ANC09LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA022), Feb 20, 2009: Dehavilland DHC-2 / U-6A (N5342G), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s decision to attempt a touch-and-go landing toward rising terrain and with a tailwind, resulting in an in-flight collision with terrain during takeoff.

## 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 20090220046779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090220046779A), Feb 20, 2009: Dehavilland DHC MK II (N5342G), Kenai, AK, Substantial damage. On February 20, 2009, about 1515 Alaska standard time, a wheel/ski-equipped de havilland DHC-2 (beaver) airplane, N5342G, sustained substantial damage during…
- [Accident 19870809043219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870809043219A), Aug 9, 1987: Dhav DHC2MK1 (N5342G), Elmendorf Afb, AK, Substantial damage. Demonstrating a no flap takeoff from glassy water a mistake on part of the CFI. Aircraft struck trees and the shore

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