N43SP1956 Dehavilland DHC-3
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19826 ADs may apply
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Samaritans Purse
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Boone, NC
- Certificate issued
- Mar 15, 2012
- Expires
- Mar 31, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Mar 15, 2012
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-3
- Year
- 1956
- Serial number
- 140
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 11
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A52263
Engine
- Make and model
- Honeywell Tpe331-12jr
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 1000 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2012 – nowSamaritans PurseBoone, NC · current
- 1980 – 1984South Pacific Island Airways INCPago Pago, AS · different airframe: Dehavilland Dhc-6-300 S/N 669
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 (6)
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.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-02-14 | Turbine Engine Combustion Section | Feb 28, 2018 | Engine (TPE331-12JR)Only with: Combustion chamber case assemblies P/Ns 869728-x, 893973-x, 3101668-x, or 3102613-x (any dash number) installed. |
| 2016-21-07 | Honeywell International Inc. Turboprop Engines | Nov 28, 2016 | Engine (TPE331-12JR)Only with: Woodward fuel control unit (FCU) assemblies with Honeywell P/Ns listed in Table 1 to paragraph (c) of the AD installed. |
| 2014-12-04 | Honeywell International Inc. Turboprop Engines | Jul 22, 2015 | Engine (TPE331-12JR)Only with: Woodward fuel control unit (FCU) assemblies with Honeywell P/Ns listed in Table 1 to paragraph (c) (P/N 869199, 893561, 897770, 897375, 897780 dash numbers) installed. |
| 2004-21-06 | deHavilland Inc. Models DHC-2 Mk. I and DHC-2 Mk. II Airplanes and Bombardier Inc. Model… | Dec 6, 2004 | Airframe (DHC-3)Only with: DHC-3 airplanes only when powered by radial engines. |
| 2002-21-15 | Honeywell International Inc. TPE331 Series Turboprop and TSE331-3U Series Turboshaft… | Nov 26, 2002 | Engine (TPE331-12JR)Only with: Engines with second stage turbine stator assemblies P/N 894528-1, -2, -3, -5, -6, -10, or -11 installed. |
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| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-12-09 | Honeywell International Inc. (Formerly AlliedSignal Inc. and Garrett Turbine Engine… | Jul 3, 2002 | Engine (TPE331-12JR) |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
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