Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1
N2297R is a Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1954. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Rapids Camp Lodge INC, a corporation in King Salmon, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 18, 2001 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated June 8, 2016.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Dehavilland
- Model
- BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1 · all BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 742
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1954
- Cruising speed
- 122 mph
- Transponder code
- A205CD (octal 50402715)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 18, 2001
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Other · June 8, 2016
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00882062
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rapids Camp Lodge INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 501
King Salmon, AK 99613-0501
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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 N2297R, 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 Rapids Camp Lodge INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 18, 2001, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 8, 2016, 62 years after the 1954 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 742 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2297R 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 N2297R: Accident on July 16, 1994 at Kenai, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 9, 1994 at Nondalton, 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: De Havilland DHC-2 · operated under 091
THE PILOT DID NOT USE THE TAKEOFF CHECKLIST TO CONFIRM THAT THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED FOR THE TAKEOFF.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC94LA082 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-2 · operated under 135
THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR THE WIND CONDITION. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE GUSTY WIND CONDITION.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC94LA079 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