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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Dehavilland 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.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Katmai Air, LLC, so it can be flown for hire.
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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
- 394
- 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
- 1960
- Cruising speed
- 95 mph
- Transponder code
- A35153 (octal 50650523)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 3, 2019
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 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 · February 3, 1988
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00261473
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Katmai Air 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
- 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
Connections how N3125N 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
- Katmai Air, LLC · charter operator
- Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 1,229 aircraft with this engine series · 600 hp
- Katmai Air LLC 11 aircraft in the fleet
- Anchorage, AK 2,530 aircraft registered in this town
- Lake Hood Airport · LHD
- Merrill Field · MRI
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International · ANC
- Bold Airport · A13
- 2 more landing places in town
- Alaska 9,142 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: Servo, damaged · 2015-06-04
- Report filed on this aircraft: Trim Tab, destroyed · 2014-05-30
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N3125N.json.
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-3 · operated under 135
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
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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data