{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"2014-10-03","airworthiness_ops":"Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2007-11-19","city":"BOISE","country_code":"US","county_code":"001","cruise_speed_mph":122,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"51659","engine_horsepower":450,"engine_maker":"P & W","engine_model":"R-985-AN-1","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-01","maker":"Dehavilland","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"DEHAVILLAND","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"2800102","mode_s_code":"52321613","mode_s_hex":"A9A38B","model":"BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1","n_number":"N720","name":"U S DEPT OF THE INTERIOR","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Bethel","damage":"SUBS","date":"2007-08-09","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ANC07LA077","probable_cause":"The improper [reversed] installation of the fuel selector handle by maintenance personnel.","registration":"N720","state":"AK","summary":"Accident on August 9, 2007 at Bethel, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N720 is a Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1951. It has 8 seats. It is registered to U S Dept Of The Interior, a government body in Boise, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 19, 2007 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other, dated October 3, 2014.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to U S Dept Of The Interior, a government body, certificate issued November 19, 2007, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 3, 2014, 63 years after the 1951 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 247 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N720 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Grumman G-21A (serial B-144, cancelled January 2, 1959); Springfield Aircraft Co CURTISS JN4D (serial UNKNOWN, cancelled date not given). 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 N720: Accident on August 9, 2007 at Bethel, 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Government","registrant_type_code":"5","seats":8,"serial_number":"247","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"ID","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"OFFICE OF AVIATION SERVICES","street2":"300 E MALLARD DR STE 200","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00741455","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N720","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1951,"zip":"837063991"}