Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1
N53BV is a Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Blue Prop Warbirds LLC, an LLC in Long Lake, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 24, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 10, 2008.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Dehavilland
- Model
- BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1 · all BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1s and related versions
- Serial number
- 52-6119
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 122 mph
- Transponder code
- A6AE41 (octal 51527101)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 24, 2019
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · June 10, 2008
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00650110
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Blue Prop Warbirds LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 1245 Oakview Rd
Long Lake, MN 55356-9595
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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 N53BV, 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 Blue Prop Warbirds LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 24, 2019, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 52-6119 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N53BV 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 N53BV: Accident on August 4, 2008 at Kenmore, WA: 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 Beaver DHC-2 MK.1 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while water taxiing. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's failure to compensate for the wind condition and a tailwind.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA08CA171 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