Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2
N1544 is a Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Andrew Airways INC, a corporation in Willow, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 15, 2000 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated October 5, 2011.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Dehavilland
- Model
- BEAVER DHC-2 · all BEAVER DHC-2s and related versions
- Serial number
- 1230
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1958
- Cruising speed
- 122 mph
- Transponder code
- A0DBEF (octal 50155757)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 15, 2000
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Other · October 5, 2011
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00990160
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Andrew Airways INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 1010
Willow, AK 99688-1010
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.
Earlier use of this number 2
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N1544, 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 Andrew Airways INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 15, 2000, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 5, 2011, 53 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 1230 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1544 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: British Aircraft Corp BAC 1-11 203/AE (serial 018, cancelled November 12, 1997); Swallow Airplane Mfg Co SWALLOW LAND PLANE (serial 857, cancelled June 25, 1930). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
4 NTSB records under N1544: Accident on October 7, 2019 at Kodiak, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 24, 2018 at Kodiak, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 14, 2013 at Akhiok, 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 4
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland BEAVER DHC 2 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain lateral control while landing on glassy water, which resulted in the left float touching the water, a loss of yaw control, and impact with a riverbank.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA20CA007 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC 2 · operated under 135
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC18LA025 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC 2 · operated under 135
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff in a gusty tailwind.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC13CA098 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: British Aircraft Corp. (Bac) BAC-111-203 · operated under 121
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA88IA177 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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data