N727KT1961 Dehavilland DHC-3
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19822 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Registered owner
- Rustair INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Anchorage, AK
- Certificate issued
- Jul 31, 2002
- Expires
- Oct 31, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Apr 27, 1995
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
- 1961
- Serial number
- 419
- 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
- A9BE80
Engine
- Make and model
- P&W R1340 Series
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 600 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2002 – nowRustair INCAnchorage, AK · current
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 (2)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 99-11-02 | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Series Reciprocating Engines | Jul 19, 1999 | Engine (R1340 SERIES) |
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.
- Stabilizers · spar · crackedSep 8, 2007
PILOT REPORTED A CRACK FOUND ON THE LT ELEVATOR WHILE PERFORMING A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION. THE ELEVATOR WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT FOR CLOSER INSPECTION. THE CRACK WAS IN THE FORWARD SPAR AND HAD ORIGINATED FROM UNDER THE OB ATTACH FITTING. FATIGUE. RECOMMENDATIONS TO PREVENT RECURRENCE: NDT AT…
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