N30061946 Douglas DC3
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Registered owner
- DC3 Flying Circus LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Los Angeles, CA
- Certificate issued
- Jun 27, 2018
- Expires
- Jun 30, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- Airworthiness date
- Oct 25, 1955
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
- DC3
- Year
- 1946
- Serial number
- 42961
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 32
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- NONE
- Mode S code
- A3227C
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- 2018 – nowDC3 Flying Circus LLCLos Angeles, CA · current
- 1933Individual ownerLewiston, PA · different airframe: Waco 9 S/N 302
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 18, 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.
- Reciprocating engine · supercharger · deterioratedOct 29, 2013
ENGINE RAN FINE UNTIL THE NR 3 PHASE INSPECTION WAS UNDERWAY. STC OIL FILTER WAS CUT OPEN REVEALING LARGE AMOUNTS OF ALUMINUM/ MAGNESIUM. ENGINE INTEGRAL OIL SCREEN SHOWED THE SAME, INDICATING THAT THE OIL FILTER HAD BYPASSED ALLOWING CONTAMINAUTOION INTO THE OIL TANK AND BACK INTO THE ENGINE.…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Wings · rib · crackedApr 6, 2009
CRACKS APPROX 4 INCHES IN LENGTH WERE DETECTED VISUALLY ON THE UPPER RETURN OF CTR WING RIBS AT STA 42 LT AND RT. MDG SB NR 228 AND SRM (TO 1C-47-3) SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBES ACCEPTABLE REPAIRS FOR THIS LOCATION ON THIS RIB. SUPP INSP DOCUMENT DOES NOT GIVE GUIDANCE ON THE INSPECTION OF THIS AREA OF…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuselage · stringer · corrodedApr 6, 2009
AREAS OF STRINGER MATERIAL WITHIN ACFT CTR AND OTBD WING FOUND TO BE SUFFERING FROM MILD EXFOLIATION CORROSION. CORROSION MANIFESTED ITSELF AS A LOCALIZED BUMP OR BULGE WITHIN THE VERTICAL LEG OF THE STRINGER MATERIAL. ALL STRINGER MATERIAL SUFFERING FROM THIS CONDITION WAS LOCATED ON THE UNDER…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 18, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 18, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026