N959PA is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Dehavilland DHC-3 built in 1956. The FAA cancelled the registration on July 10, 2021. The last status on file was "first notice for registration renewal".
Dehavilland DHC-3 cancelled July 10, 2021
- Serial number
- 159
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Turboprop
- Year built
- 1956
- Last status
- First notice for registration renewal
- Certificate issued
- November 25, 1997
- Last FAA action
- June 4, 2018
- Last owner
- Pantechnicon Aviation LTD (Corporation)
Minden, NV - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N959PA
Aircraft on the NTSB record: De Havilland DHC-3 · serial 159
The inherent limitations of the see-and-avoid concept, which prevented the two pilots from seeing the other airplane before the collision, and the absence of visual and aural alerts from both airplanes’ traffic display systems, while operating in a geographic area with a high concentration of air tour activity. Contributing to the accident were (1) the Federal Aviation Administration’s provision of new transceivers that lacked alerting capability to Capstone Program operators without adequately mitigating the increased risk associated with the consequent loss of the previously available alerting capability and (2) the absence of a requirement for airborne traffic advisory systems with aural alerting among operators who carry passengers for hire.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site