{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"2007-05-01","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-05-29","city":"ANCHORAGE","country_code":"US","county_code":"020","cruise_speed_mph":null,"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":"2029-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-04","maker":"Dehavilland","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DEHAVILLAND","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2808001","mode_s_code":"51410371","mode_s_hex":"A610F9","model":"DHC-2","n_number":"N490K","name":"KATMAI AIR LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"King Salmon","damage":"SUBS","date":"2009-10-05","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC10CA001","probable_cause":"The pilot's selection of an unsuitable takeoff area, and his decision to takeoff with a tailwind.","registration":"N490K","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on October 5, 2009 at King Salmon, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N490K is a Dehavilland DHC-2, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Katmai Air LLC, an LLC in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 29, 2019 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated May 1, 2007.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Katmai Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 29, 2019, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 1, 2007, 49 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 1268 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N490K was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Beech B90 (serial LJ-470, cancelled May 16, 1978); General Aircraft Corp. 111-C (serial 1, cancelled February 20, 1932). 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":"1 NTSB record under N490K: Accident on October 5, 2009 at King Salmon, 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":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":8,"serial_number":"1268","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4125 AIRCRAFT DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00481385","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N490K","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1958,"zip":"995021050"}