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N47E, a Douglas DC3C
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026
N47E

Douglas DC3C

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesVirginia

N47E is a Douglas DC3C, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1943. It has 32 seats. It is registered to Dynamic Avlease INC, a corporation in Bridgewater, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 23, 2010 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated May 5, 1989.

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Aircraft

Maker
Douglas
Model
DC3C · all DC3Cs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Douglas DC-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
13816
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 · P & W R-1830 SERIES · 1350 hp
Seats
32
Year built
1943
Cruising speed
144 mph
Transponder code
A5BF25 (octal 51337445)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 23, 2010
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 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 · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 5, 1989
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00254861

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Dynamic Avlease INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
PO Box 7
Bridgewater, VA 22812-0007

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 2

1993-04-23Beech E18S · Valid registration
1929-08-23Curtiss Wright ROBIN · Valid registration

Connections how N47E links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N47E, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Dynamic Avlease INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 23, 2010, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 5, 1989, 46 years after the 1943 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 13816 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N47E was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Beech E18S (serial BA183, cancelled April 23, 1993); Curtiss Wright ROBIN (serial 81, cancelled August 23, 1929). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N47E: Accident on February 24, 1993 at Lemont, PA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

BFO93FA033Accident on February 24, 1993 at Lemont, PA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).serial on NTSB record: BA-183

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech E18S · operated under 135

IMPROPER INFLIGHT PLANNING DECISION BY THE PILOT, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE DURING THE APPROACH. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE DARKNESS, ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND HIGH TERRAIN.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data