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Cancelled 2021

Deregistered aircraft · 1956 Dehavilland DHC-3 · Pratt & Whitney R1340 series

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Cancelled: July 10, 2021
Status when cancelled: First renewal notice
Serial number: 159
Year built: 1956
Type: Fixed wing single engine
Engine: Reciprocating
Airworthiness: Standard, normal
Airworthiness date: January 5, 1998
Certificate issued: November 25, 1997
Last registry action: June 4, 2018
Mode S code: AD575C
Owner when cancelled: Pantechnicon Aviation Ltd
Location: Minden, NV
Owner type: Corporation

Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-3TCDS A-815 · ADs, bulletins and aircraft registered now Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 seriesReciprocating

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.

NTSB investigations · 1

Matched to this aircraft by N959PA and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.

NTSB CEN19MA141Accident · 6 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportKetchikan, AKThe inherent limitations of the see-and-avoid concept, which prevented the two pilots from seeing the other airplane before the collision, and the absence of visual and aural alerts from both airplanes’ traffic display systems, while operating in a geographic…May 13, 2019 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage

FAA incident reports · 1

FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N959PA and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.

Accident 20190513016771ACruise/Level Flight · Ketchikan, AK? On Monday, may 13, 2019 at approximately 1221 pm adt, two de havilland floatplanes collided eight miles northeast of Ketchikan, Alaska (george inlet) at an estimated altitude of 3350 feet. The first aircraft (#1), N952DB, a de havilland DHC-2 ?beaver? Was…May 13, 2019 · Substantial damage · 1 fatal

Service difficulty reports · 2

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

SDR TQOA2019F00035Bearing · destroyedPILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD DIFFICULTY MOVING THE RUDDER SO THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND LANDING SAFELY. WHILE INSPECTING THE RUDDER SYSTEM, THE BOTTOM BEARING WAS FOUND TO BE IN PIECES WHICH CAUSE EXCESSIVE PLAY WHEN RUDDER WAS IN MOTION.Jul 30, 2018 · N959PA · Dhav DHC3 · Rudder Control System SDR 2004FA0000078Strut · crackedLOWER END OF STRUT CRACKED BETWEEN INNER AND OUTER ATTACH LUGS (IN THE WEB) FROM BOTTOM OF STRUT UP .7500-1 INCH. THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAUSED THE CRACK. THE CRACK WAS VERY OBVIOUS, VIEW WAS UNOBSTRUCTED AND EASILY DETECTED DURING 100 HOUNov 20, 2003 · N959PA · Dhav DHC3 · Main Landing Gear Strut/Axle/Truck