Dehavilland DHC-2 MK.I
N62197 is a Dehavilland DHC-2 MK.I, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1957. It has 8 seats. It is registered to an individual in Waldport, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 5, 2018 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 20, 2008.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Dehavilland
- Model
- DHC-2 MK.I · all DHC-2 MK.Is and related versions
- Serial number
- 1177
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P & W R-985-AN-14B · 400 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1957
- Transponder code
- A81DA7 (octal 52016647)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 5, 2018
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · May 20, 2008
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00911556
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mccrea Daniel B
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 2258
Waldport, OR 97394-2258
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
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N62197, 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 January 5, 2018, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 20, 2008, 51 years after the 1957 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 1177 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N62197 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Consolidated Vultee BT-13A (serial 9-1363, cancelled August 3, 1955). 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 N62197: Accident on July 31, 2014 at Talkeetna, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 13, 2002 at Talkeetna, 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dehavilland DHC 2 · operated under 091
The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection that did not detect that the bulk fuel tank was full and led to an unanticipated heavy airplane weight and his failure to use the entire soft, wet, and muddy airstrip length for takeoff, which resulted in a takeoff overrun.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC14LA058 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-2 · operated under 135
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable taxi area, which resulted in substantial damage to the left elevator when the tailwheel encountered a hole. A factor associated with the accident was rough/uneven terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC02LA051 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
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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data