{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1990-02-13","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2013-03-28","city":"KETCHIKAN","country_code":"US","county_code":"130","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":"2029-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-21","maker":"Dehavilland","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DEHAVILLAND","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2808002","mode_s_code":"52176031","mode_s_hex":"A8FC19","model":"DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)","n_number":"N6782L","name":"SEAWIND AVIATION INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Point Baker","damage":"SUBS","date":"2023-07-26","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC23LA057","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff with a quartering tailwind.","registration":"N6782L","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on July 26, 2023 at Point Baker, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"FRIDAY HARBOR","damage":"","date":"1994-05-26","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"SEA94LA159","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S ACCIDENTAL EXTENSION OF HIS HAND INTO THE ARC OF THE TURNING PROPELLER. FACTORS INCLUDE HIGH WINDS DURING THE DOCKING PROCESS.","registration":"N6782L","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on May 26, 1994 at Friday Harbor, WA: serious injuries.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N6782L is a Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1955. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Seawind Aviation INC, a corporation in Ketchikan, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 28, 2013 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated February 13, 1990.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Seawind Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 28, 2013, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 13, 1990, 35 years after the 1955 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 820 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N6782L was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 (serial 31692, cancelled March 12, 1991). 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":"2 NTSB records under N6782L: Accident on July 26, 2023 at Point Baker, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 26, 1994 at Friday Harbor, WA: serious injuries. 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":"820","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AK","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 9172","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00442093","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N6782L","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1955,"zip":"999014172"}