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Marsh Aviation S-2F3AT
N450DF is a Marsh Aviation S-2F3AT, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2005. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Usda Forest Service Fepp, a government body in Mcclellan, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 10, 2003 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for forest, dated May 5, 2005.
Where is it now Last seen October 14 at 5:34 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Marsh Aviation
- Model
- S-2F3AT · all S-2F3ATs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. This is how the Marsh Aviation S-2 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
- 152341
- 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 · Honeywell TPE331-SER · 2650 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 2005
- Transponder code
- A5726D (octal 51271155)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 10, 2003
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- October 1, 2024
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · ForestFAA certificate purpose code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 5, 2005
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00071319
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Usda Forest Service Fepp
- Type
- GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 5500 Price Ave
Mcclellan, CA 95652-2421 - Co-owners
- California Dept of Forestry & Fire Protection
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 N450DF links to the rest of the register
- Marsh Aviation S-2 23 registered
- Marsh Aviation 23 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Honeywell TPE331-series 28 aircraft with this engine series · 2650 hp
- Usda Forest Service Fepp 108 aircraft in the fleet
- Mcclellan, CA 102 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Marsh Aviation S-2 5 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Marsh Aviation S-2 1 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Honeywell TPE331-series 48 airworthiness directives
- Where N450DF is now · Last seen October 14 at 5:34 pm.
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The public federal record on N450DF, 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 Usda Forest Service Fepp, a government body, certificate issued October 10, 2003, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for forest, dated May 5, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 152341 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N450DF was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Grumman S2F-1 (TS-2A) (serial 421, cancelled February 5, 2002). 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 N450DF: Accident on August 28, 2001 at Hopland, CA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Accident on July 9, 1993 at Grass Valley, CA: 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: Grumman TS-2A · operated under 091
the failure of both pilots to maintain an adequate visual lookout. The failure of the pilot in Tanker 87 to comply with suggested procedures regarding positive radio contact and orbit entry was a factor.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Grumman GS-2F · operated under 091
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