Dehavilland DHC-3
N709KA is a Dehavilland DHC-3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1960. It has 11 seats. It is registered to Kenmore Air Harbor LLC, an LLC in Kenmore, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 29, 2016 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 29, 2016.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Dehavilland
- Model
- DHC-3 · all DHC-3s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Dehavilland DHC-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
- 410
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (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, 1 motor · P&W Canada PT6A-34 · 750 hp
- Seats
- 11
- Year built
- 1960
- Transponder code
- A976DF (octal 52273337)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 29, 2016
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 29, 2016
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01225117
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kenmore Air Harbor LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 6321 NE 175Th St
Kenmore, WA 98028-4807
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N709KA links to the rest of the register
- Dehavilland DHC-3 67 registered
- Dehavilland 861 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 233 aircraft with this engine series · 750 hp
- Kenmore Air Harbor LLC 28 aircraft in the fleet
- Kenmore, WA 49 aircraft registered in this town
- Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base · S60
- Washington 10,571 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Dehavilland DHC-3 394 reports since 1995
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 11 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N709KA, 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 Kenmore Air Harbor LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 29, 2016, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 29, 2016, 56 years after the 1960 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 410 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N709KA 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 N709KA: Accident on July 24, 2026 at Eastsound, WA: serious injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dehavilland DHC-3 · operated under 135
On July 23, 2026, about 1720 Pacific daylight time, a De Havilland DHC-3 Otter airplane, N709KA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Eastsound, Washington. The pilot and two passengers were seriously injured, and eight passengers sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 scheduled air taxi flight. According to the operator, the flight originated from Kenmore Sea Base (W55), Seattle, Washington at 1630 with scheduled stops at Roche Harbor (WA03), Roche Harbor, Washington and Friday Harbor (W33), Friday …
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data