N56RF1982 Dehavilland DHC-6-300
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19821 AD may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- United States Department Of Commerce
- Owner type
- Government
- City, state
- Lakeland, FL
- Certificate issued
- May 3, 2007
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- May 21, 2007
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
- 1982
- Serial number
- 788
- 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
- A7260E
Engine
- Make and model
- P&W Canada Pt6a-27
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 680 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2007 – nowUnited States Department Of CommerceLakeland, FL · current
- 1995 – 2006Usda Forest Service FeppClayton, NC · different airframe: Bell Uh-1h S/N 66-16741
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 (1)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-23-13 | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A Series Turboprop Engines | Dec 31, 2002 | Engine (PT6A-27)Only with: Engines with turbine exhaust ducts P/N 3012290, 3031988, 3032117, 3035784, 3035786, 3105890-01, 3112167-01, or 3111780-01 installed. |
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.
- Fuel · oil ring · leakingNov 27, 2012
NEWLY INSTALLED FUEL FILTER O-RINGS LEAK CHECK OK DURING GROUND OPERATION, BUT BEGIN TO LEAK AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR FLIGHT TIME. WHEN THE SAME PN M25966/1-928 IS UTILIZED BY ANOTHER MFG, UTILIZING AN ASTM STANDARD FVMQ VS. THE PRECIX O-RING WITH A SPECIFICATION OF: AMS-R-25988. THE LEAK NO LONGER…
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