Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1
N444EF is a Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1953. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Katmai Air LLC, an LLC in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 29, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for other, dated July 14, 1994.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Dehavilland
- Model
- BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1 · all BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 926
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1953
- Cruising speed
- 122 mph
- Transponder code
- A559E3 (octal 51254743)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 29, 2022
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Other · July 14, 1994
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00842534
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Katmai Air LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 4125 Aircraft Dr
Anchorage, AK 99502-1050
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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 N444EF, 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 29, 2022, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 14, 1994, 41 years after the 1953 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 926 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N444EF 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]
1 NTSB record under N444EF: Accident on July 26, 2000 at King Salmon, 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-2 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC00LA098 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