Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1
N4040W is a Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1957. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Sourdough Air Service INC, a corporation in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 2, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Dehavilland
- Model
- BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1 · all BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 1147
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1957
- Cruising speed
- 122 mph
- Transponder code
- A4BDEA (octal 51136752)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 2, 2024
- Expires
- July 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- July 2, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00991184
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sourdough Air Service INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 82991
Fairbanks, AK 99708-2991
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 · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N4040W, 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 Sourdough Air Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 2, 2024, expires July 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1147 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4040W was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-32-300 (serial 32-40056, cancelled January 14, 1967). 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]
2 NTSB records under N4040W: Accident on July 15, 2022 at Bettles, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 2, 2006 at Anaktuvuk Pass, 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: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1 · operated under 135
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during taxi operations on a riverbank with shallow water.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC22LA056 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-2 MK.1 · operated under 135
The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff at his predetermined reference point, which resulted in a collision with the shore during takeoff-initial climb, and structural damage to the airplane.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC06LA109 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