# N72GC: 1969 Dehavilland DHC-6-300, registration cancelled 2024-03-05

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 5, 2024
- Exported to: Bahamas
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Dehavilland DHC-6-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-300) (registry code 2802630)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6A-27 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-27-series) (registry code 52141)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A9EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A9EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 264
- Year built: 1969
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: May 28, 2015
- Certificate issued: May 22, 2015
- Last registry action: May 12, 2023
- Mode S code: A9A1CC
- Owner when cancelled: [Monarch Enterprises Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MONARCH%20ENTERPRISES%20INC)
- Location: [Kirkland, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Kirkland)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 47.7158° N, 122.2137° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 98034, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72GC
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=72GC
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72GC-2024-03-05

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 DHC-6-300: https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-300.md

## Service difficulty reports (3)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 2006FA0000245](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2006FA0000245), Feb 18, 2006: ENGINE. MAKING METAL. LT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE STARTED FLUCTUATING. PILOT RETURNED TO AIRPORT. MAINTENANCE CHECKED OIL FILTER AND FOUND METAL IN OIL. ENGINE REMOVED AND SENT TO REPAIR 
- [SDR 98ZZZM503](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZM503), Jun 10, 1998: COWL. CRACKED. FOUND CRACKS IN LEFT LOWER COWLING SKIN NEAR EXHAUST OPENING. REPAIRED IAW S/B 6/322, INCORPORATED MODIFICATION NR 6/1497. (M)
- [SDR 95ZZZX2517](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX2517), Apr 19, 1995: LIFT DETECTOR. FAILED. AT 100 KNOTS, AIRSPEED STALL WARNING CAME ON WHEN FLAPS WERE EXTENDED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED OUTBOARD STALL WARING SWITCH. NOTE: AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN IN MOIST WEAT

## 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 WPR20CA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA112), Mar 6, 2020: De Havilland DHC6 (N72GC), Boulder City, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The trainee pilot's loss of directional control during landing and his subsequent unintentional control interference with the brakes and/or rudder during the trainer pilot's attempted remedial…
- [NTSB ANC99LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA064), May 25, 1999: de Havilland DHC-6-300 (N72GC), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird.

## 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 20200306001489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200306001489A), Mar 6, 2020: Dehavilland DHC-6-300 (N72GC), Boulder City, NV, Substantial damage. On March 6, 2020, at approximately 11:15 local time, N72GC landed on runway 27 at the Boulder City airport (bvu) during a training flight. A pilot under the…
- [Accident 19990525021539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990525021539A), May 25, 1999: Dhav DHC6300 (N72GC), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. On may 25, 1999, about 0005 Alaska daylight time, a Dehavilland DHC-6-300 airplane, N72GC, sustained substantial damage during the downwind portion of the…

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