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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Dehavilland DHC-3
N17689 is a Dehavilland DHC-3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1961. It has 16 seats. It is registered to Rjf Holdings LLC, an LLC in Rcho Sta Marg, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 24, 2014 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 1, 1998.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Dehavilland
- Model
- DHC-3 · all DHC-3s 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-3 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
- 431
- 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 R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 16
- Year built
- 1961
- Cruising speed
- 95 mph
- Transponder code
- A13309 (octal 50231411)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 24, 2014
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 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 · July 1, 1998
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00560054
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rjf Holdings LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 31441 Santa Margarita Pkwy
Ste A256
Rcho Sta Marg, CA 92688-1836
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N17689 links to the rest of the register
- Dehavilland DHC-3 67 registered
- Dehavilland 861 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 1,229 aircraft with this engine series · 600 hp
- Rjf Holdings LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Rcho Sta Marg, CA 14 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Dehavilland DHC-3 394 reports since 1995
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 58 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Rocker Boss, separated · 1997-07-16
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N17689.json.
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The public federal record on N17689, 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 Rjf Holdings LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 24, 2014, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 1, 1998, 37 years after the 1961 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 431 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N17689 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 N17689: Accident on June 30, 1990 at Beaver Village, AK: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 2, 1989 at Sheenjek River, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-3 · operated under 135
MECHANICAL FAILURE OF AN EXHAUST ROCKER ARM.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-3 · operated under 091
FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO GO AROUND WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT AND HIS EXCESSIVE APPLICATION OF BRAKES DURING THE LANDING. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: THE DOWNDRAFT, EXCESSIVE REMEDIAL ACTION, AND SOFT TERRAIN.
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