# N959PA: 1956 Dehavilland DHC-3, registration cancelled 2021-07-10

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 10, 2021
- Status when cancelled: First renewal notice
- Airframe: [Dehavilland DHC-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (registry code 2802412)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A-815](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-815) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 159
- Year built: 1956
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 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](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PANTECHNICON%20AVIATION%20%20LTD)
- Location: [Minden, NV](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NV/Minden)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 38.9971° N, 119.7353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 89423, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N959PA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=959PA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N959PA-2021-07-10

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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-3: https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3.md

## Service difficulty reports (2)

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

- [SDR TQOA2019F00035](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/TQOA2019F00035), Jul 30, 2018: BEARING. DESTROYED. PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD DIFFICULTY MOVING THE RUDDER SO THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND LANDING SAFELY. WHILE INSPECTING THE RUDDER SYSTEM, THE B
- [SDR 2004FA0000078](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2004FA0000078), Nov 20, 2003: STRUT. CRACKED. LOWER 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 CAUS

## 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 CEN19MA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19MA141), May 13, 2019: De Havilland DHC-3 (N959PA), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage, 6 fatal. Probable cause: The 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…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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 20190513016771A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190513016771A), May 13, 2019: Dehavilland DHC-3 (N959PA), Ketchikan, AK, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. ? 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…

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