Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1
N109KS is a Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1957. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Rs Specialties LLC, an LLC in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 24, 2012 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 16, 1976.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Dehavilland
- Model
- BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1 · all BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 1295
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1957
- Cruising speed
- 122 mph
- Transponder code
- A02715 (octal 50023425)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 24, 2012
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · June 16, 1976
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00302805
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rs Specialties LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 10000 Cobra St
Anchorage, AK 99507-6435
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N109KS, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Rs Specialties LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 24, 2012, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 16, 1976, 19 years after the 1957 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1295 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N109KS according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N109KS: Accident on July 11, 2025 at Nelson Lagoon, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a creek bank while maneuvering to land.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC25LA074 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data