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N24HV, a Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026
N24HV

Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida

N24HV is a Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines. It has 16 seats. It is registered to Vertical Air INC, a corporation in Deland, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 16, 1997 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 8, 1989.

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Aircraft

Maker
Dehavilland
Model
DHC-6 TWIN OTTER · all DHC-6 TWIN OTTERs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The 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-6 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
109
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · U/A Canada PT6A SERIES · 715 hp
Fuel
Jet A
Seats
16
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
123 mph
Transponder code
A22E69 (octal 50427151)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 16, 1997
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
November 25, 2025
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 8, 1989
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00870670

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vertical Air 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 3071
Deland, FL 32721-3071

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N24HV links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Live

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N24HV, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Vertical Air INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 16, 1997, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 109 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N24HV according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N24HV: Accident on April 23, 2005 at Deland, FL: fatal, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

MIA05LA096Accident on April 23, 2005 at Deland, FL: fatal, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-6 · operated under 091

The pilot's inadequate visual lookout.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data