Dehavilland DHC-3
N3125N is a Dehavilland DHC-3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1960. It has 16 seats. It is registered to Katmai Air LLC, an LLC in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 3, 2019 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 3, 1988.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Dehavilland
- Model
- DHC-3 · all DHC-3s and related versions
- Serial number
- 394
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 16
- Year built
- 1960
- Cruising speed
- 95 mph
- Transponder code
- A35153 (octal 50650523)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 3, 2019
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · February 3, 1988
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00261473
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Katmai Air LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 4125 Aircraft Dr
Anchorage, AK 99502-1050
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 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N3125N, 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 Katmai Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 3, 2019, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 3, 1988, 28 years after the 1960 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 394 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3125N was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 140 (serial 13383, cancelled October 5, 1971). 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]
5 NTSB records under N3125N: Accident on June 4, 2015 at Skwentna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 30, 2014 at Homer, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 2, 2006 at Wainwright, 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 5
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dehavilland DHC-3T · operated under 135
The flutter failure of the right elevator servo tab due to the improper fabrication of the servo tab and maintenance personnel’s subsequent failure to detect anomalies with the servo tab.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC15LA037 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dehavilland DHC-3T · operated under 091
The flutter failure of the right elevator servo tab due to the improper fabrication of the servo tab and maintenance personnel’s subsequent failure to detect anomalies with the servo tab.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC14LA035 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-3 · operated under 135
The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control, and subsequent collision with a ditch when the airplane departed the runway. A factor contributing to the accident was a crosswind.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC06LA134 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-3 · operated under 135
The pilot's selection of an unsafe/hazardous area for landing. Factors in the accident were the presence of a tail wind, the pilot's inadequate evaluation of the wind conditions, and a narrow airstrip.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC99LA057 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-3 · operated under 135
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC88LA066 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