# N900NC: Dehavilland CARIBOU DHC-4A, registration cancelled 1995-05-04

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 4, 1995
- Exported to: Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Dehavilland CARIBOU DHC-4A](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-caribou-dhc-4a) (registry code 2800304)
- Serial number: 212
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: August 5, 1994
- Last registry action: August 5, 1994
- Mode S code: AC705B
- Owner when cancelled: [Africa Air Corporation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AFRICA%20AIR%20CORPORATION)
- Location: [Virginia Beach, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/Virginia%20Beach)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 36.8529° N, 75.9780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Virginia Beach, VA, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N900NC
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=900NC
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N900NC-1995-05-04

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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 CARIBOU DHC-4A: https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-caribou-dhc-4a.md

## 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.

- [Incident 19911008049059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911008049059I), Oct 8, 1991: Dhav DHC4A (N900NC), Truckee, CA, Minor damage. Vibration followed by engine fire en route. Fired bottle and landed. NR9 cylinder had blown.
- [Incident 19890830050529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890830050529I), Aug 30, 1989: Dhav DHC4A (N900NC), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. Nose gear started vibrating while taxiing. Stopped. Found nose gear left wheel was broken from bearings on axle.

## Other aircraft with N900NC

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N900NC): Gulfstream Aerospace GVI (G650ER), S/N 6315, built 2018

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