N345VJ1945 Douglas DC3C
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Registered owner
- Vaerus Jet Sales LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Topeka, KS
- Certificate issued
- Dec 23, 2022
- Expires
- Dec 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- Airworthiness date
- Jul 11, 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
- 1945
- Serial number
- 34378
- 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
- A3D1C5
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- 2022 – nowVaerus Jet Sales LLCTopeka, KS · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 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 (1)
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 · cylinder · crackedJun 16, 2024
DURING INSPECTION/TROUBLESHOOTING OF ENGINE FOR ROUGH OPERATION/BACKFIRING, FOUND EXHAUST ROCKER LOBE OF THE #9 CYLINDER CRACKED THRU EXHAUST PORT AND AROUND EXHAUST VALVE SEAT. TOTAL TIME OF CYLINDER IS UNKNOWN. ENGINE IS 1157 HOURS SINCE MAJOR OVERHAUL. CYLINDER HAD APPROXIMATELY 300 HOURS SINCE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 19, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 19, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026