N272R1944 Douglas DC3C
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Desert Air Transport INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Anchorage, AK
- Certificate issued
- May 28, 2010
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 4, 1956
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
- Douglas
- Model
- DC3C
- Year
- 1944
- Serial number
- 13678
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 32
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- A2AF61
Engine
- Make and model
- P & W R-1830 Series
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 1350 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2010 – nowDesert Air Transport INCAnchorage, AK · current
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 (3)
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.
- Fire protection · fire warning · false indicationDec 20, 2019
UPON CLIMB - PASSING THROUGH 8500 FEET. THE FIRE WARNING FOR THE RIGHT ENGINE FIRE WARNING ILLUMINATED AND THE FIRE BELL WAS GOING OFF. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND FEATHER AND RETURNED TO BASE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE, IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE AN INDICATION ISSUE WITH NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE BEING…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Engine · engine · failedSep 7, 2017
ENGINE HAD HIGH TEMPERATURE AND LOW OIL PRESSURE.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Reciprocating engine · cylinder · failedSep 4, 2013
CYLINDER FAILURE AT ENGINE SHUTDOWN.
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