Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2
N4787C is a Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 8 seats. It is registered to an individual in Waldport, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 3, 2018 and expires on April 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Dehavilland
- Model
- BEAVER DHC-2 · all BEAVER DHC-2s and related versions
- Serial number
- 1330
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · None NONE
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 122 mph
- Transponder code
- A5E222 (octal 51361042)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 3, 2018
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00780115
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mccrea Daniel B
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 2258
Waldport, OR 97394-2258
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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 N4787C, 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 Mccrea Daniel B, an individual, certificate issued April 3, 2018, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1330 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4787C 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]
3 NTSB records under N4787C: Accident on July 24, 2013 at Thorne Bay, AK: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 30, 1997 at Ketchikan, AK: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on July 26, 1984 at Ketchikan, AK: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dehavilland BEAVER DHC 2 · operated under 135
The failure of the No. 1 linkrod bushing or the bottom portion of the linkrod, which resulted in a total loss of engine power.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC13LA068 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-2 · operated under 091
The pilot's excessive climb and turning maneuver at low altitude, the pilot's inadvertent stall, and the intentional operation of the airplane with the required stall warning system disabled. Factors associated with this accident were the pilot's overconfidence in the modified airplane's ability, the uninstalled ventral fin, inadequate compliance with the STC by the company, unclear information by the manufacturer, and inadequate surveillance by the FAA.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC97FA159 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland BEAVER DHC-2 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA84FA185 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