{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1989-05-05","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-04-25","city":"ANCHORAGE","country_code":"US","county_code":"020","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":"2030-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-03","maker":"Dehavilland","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DEHAVILLAND","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2800102","mode_s_code":"51577413","mode_s_hex":"A6FF0B","model":"BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1","n_number":"N55WE","name":"D & B AIRCRAFT LEASING LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Aleknagik","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-06-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC24LA054","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain pitch control of the airplane during initial climb.","registration":"N55WE","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on June 21, 2024 at Aleknagik, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Arctic Village","damage":"SUBS","date":"2015-09-03","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC15CA075","probable_cause":"The pilot's selection of an unsuitable, off-airport site, which resulted in a nose over.","registration":"N55WE","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on September 3, 2015 at Arctic Village, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"HOMESTEAD","damage":"SUBS","date":"1986-04-04","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA86FA112","probable_cause":"","registration":"N55WE","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on April 4, 1986 at Homestead, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N55WE is a Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1952. It has 8 seats. It is registered to D & B Aircraft Leasing LLC, an LLC in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 25, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 5, 1989.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to D & B Aircraft Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 25, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 5, 1989, 37 years after the 1952 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 273 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N55WE was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 (serial 317405163, cancelled October 23, 1997). 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":"3 NTSB records under N55WE: Accident on June 21, 2024 at Aleknagik, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 3, 2015 at Arctic Village, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 4, 1986 at Homestead, FL: 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":"273","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 231985","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00074581","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N55WE","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1952,"zip":"995231985"}