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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)
N121KT is a Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Rustair INC, a corporation in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 19, 1998 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 4, 1976.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Rusts Flying Service INC, so it can be flown for hire; the registered owner is someone else, which is usual for a managed aircraft.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Dehavilland
- Model
- DHC-2 MK. I(L20A) · all DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Dehavilland DHC-2 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 1407
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1958
- Transponder code
- A0585C (octal 50054134)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 19, 1998
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 4, 1976
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00223426
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rustair INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 190867
Anchorage, AK 99519-0867
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N121KT links to the rest of the register
- Dehavilland DHC-2 255 registered
- Dehavilland 861 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rusts Flying Service INC · charter operator
- Pratt & Whitney R-985 series 1,593 aircraft with this engine series · 450 hp
- Rustair INC 21 aircraft in the fleet
- Anchorage, AK 2,530 aircraft registered in this town
- Lake Hood Airport · LHD
- Merrill Field · MRI
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International · ANC
- Bold Airport · A13
- 2 more landing places in town
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Dehavilland DHC-2 36 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Dehavilland DHC-2 643 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Dehavilland DHC-2 160 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R-985 series 80 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: G Switch, no test · 2017-05-07
- Report filed on this aircraft: Cylinder Head, separated · 2016-08-31
- Report filed on this aircraft: Cylinder Head, cracked · 2012-06-14
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N121KT.json.
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The public federal record on N121KT, 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 Rustair INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 19, 1998, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 4, 1976, 18 years after the 1958 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 1407 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N121KT 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]
2 NTSB records under N121KT: Accident on December 17, 2012 at Skwentna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 14, 2012 at Talkeetna, 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A) · operated under 135
The pilot's loss of control while landing in gusting wind conditions.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dehavilland DHC-2 · operated under 135
The loss of engine power after departure due to the separation of an engine cylinder.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data