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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Dehavilland DHC-2 MK 1
N94DC is a Dehavilland DHC-2 MK 1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1951. It has 8 seats. It is registered to V2 Aviation LLC, an LLC in Ketchikan, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 13, 2017 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 10, 1976.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Dehavilland
- Model
- DHC-2 MK 1 · all DHC-2 MK 1s 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-2 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
- 238
- 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
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1951
- Transponder code
- AD0B1D (octal 53205435)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 13, 2017
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 13, 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 · November 10, 1976
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00290241
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- V2 Aviation 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
- PO Box 5825
Ketchikan, AK 99901-0825
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N94DC links to the rest of the register
- Dehavilland DHC-2 255 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 R-985 series 1,593 aircraft with this engine series · 450 hp
- V2 Aviation LLC 6 aircraft in the fleet
- Ketchikan, AK 118 aircraft registered in this town
- Ketchikan International · KTN
- Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base · 5KE
- Murphys Pullout Seaplane Base · 8K9
- Peninsula Point Pullout Seaplane Base · 9C0
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Dehavilland DHC-2 36 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Dehavilland DHC-2 643 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Dehavilland DHC-2 159 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R-985 series 80 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Adc, inaccurate · 2004-12-21
- Report filed on this aircraft: Mount, cracked · 2004-12-21
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N94DC.json.
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The public federal record on N94DC, 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 V2 Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 13, 2017, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 10, 1976, 25 years after the 1951 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 238 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N94DC 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 N94DC: Accident on June 27, 2019 at Ketchikan, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 18, 1998 at Chitina, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 18, 1982 at Near Port Alswo, 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-2 · operated under 135
A loss of directional control while landing, which resulted in a water loop.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-2 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate preflight which failed to detect water contamination in the fuel system. A factor was the unsuitable terrain in the emergency landing area.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-2 · operated under 135
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data