N143Z1974 Dehavilland DHC-6-300
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Usda Forest Service Fire & Aviation
- Owner type
- Government
- City, state
- Boise, ID
- Certificate issued
- Sep 14, 1992
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Jan 14, 1982
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Dehavilland
- Model
- DHC-6-300
- Year
- 1974
- Serial number
- 437
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 22
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A0B014
Engine
- Make and model
- P&W Pt6a Ser
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 750 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1992 – nowUsda Forest Service Fire & AviationBoise, ID · current
- 1980 – 1992Department Of AgricultureOgden, UT · different airframe: Douglas Vc-47d S/N 4349281
- 1960 – 1965Forest Service U S D ASan Francisco, CA · different airframe: Beechcraft T-34b S/N Bg-162
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Fuel · pad · deterioratedNov 20, 2003
REPORTED (AFT FUEL LOW) LIGHT ILLUMINATING WITH 300-400 LBS REMAINING ON GAUGE. (SHOULD BE 110 LBS). TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED FLAPPER PAD (SEAL) WAS DETERIORATED TO THE CONSISTENCY OF A (GUMMY BEAR). AS FUEL IS MOVED INTO THE NR 5 (ENG FEED) TANK, BY MOTIVE FLOW SYSTEM, IT WOULD BEAK BACK OUT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Electrical power · circuit breaker · failedApr 10, 1998
INSTALLED 'OVERHAULED' REVERSE CURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKER ON AIRCRAFT. PLACED BATTERY SWITCH AND MASTER TO 'ON'. BATTERY WOULD NOT COME ON LINE. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM AND FOUND AN 'OPEN' BETWEEN THE 'GENERATOR FIELD SWITCH TERMINALS'; THUS, NOT ALLOWING THE BATTERY RELAY TO BE ENERGIZED.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026