{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"2011-10-05","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2000-12-15","city":"WILLOW","country_code":"US","county_code":"170","cruise_speed_mph":122,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52008","engine_horsepower":450,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"R-985 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-18","maker":"Dehavilland","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DEHAVILLAND","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2800108","mode_s_code":"50155757","mode_s_hex":"A0DBEF","model":"BEAVER DHC-2","n_number":"N1544","name":"ANDREW AIRWAYS INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Kodiak","damage":"SUBS","date":"2019-10-07","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"GAA20CA007","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain lateral control while landing on glassy water, which resulted in the left float touching the water, a loss of yaw control, and impact with a riverbank.","registration":"N1544","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on October 7, 2019 at Kodiak, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Kodiak","damage":"SUBS","date":"2018-01-24","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC18LA025","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.","registration":"N1544","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on January 24, 2018 at Kodiak, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Akhiok","damage":"SUBS","date":"2013-09-14","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC13CA098","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff in a gusty tailwind.","registration":"N1544","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on September 14, 2013 at Akhiok, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"ORLANDO","damage":"MINR","date":"1988-05-24","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"MIA88IA177","probable_cause":"","registration":"N1544","state":"FL","summary":"Incident on May 24, 1988 at Orlando, FL: minor injuries, minor damage.","type":"INC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N1544 is a Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Andrew Airways INC, a corporation in Willow, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 15, 2000 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated October 5, 2011.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Andrew Airways INC, a corporation, certificate issued December 15, 2000, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 5, 2011, 53 years after the 1958 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.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1230 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N1544 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: British Aircraft Corp BAC 1-11 203/AE (serial 018, cancelled November 12, 1997); Swallow Airplane Mfg Co SWALLOW LAND PLANE (serial 857, cancelled June 25, 1930). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"4 NTSB records under N1544: Accident on October 7, 2019 at Kodiak, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 24, 2018 at Kodiak, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 14, 2013 at Akhiok, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Alaskan","region_code":"5","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":8,"serial_number":"1230","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 1010","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00990160","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N1544","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1958,"zip":"996881010"}
