Accident · substantial damage
Jul 11, 2024 · Kenai, AKAn in-flight collision with birds during takeoff.
- Damage
- Substantial
- Injuries
- None
- Report
- ANC24LA066
From NTSB records; matched by serial number.Read NTSB report (search CAROL for ANC24LA066)
N7848B1942 Curtiss Wright C-46R
Registration validUnclaimedSource: FAA, updated Oct 20, 2026
Safety record in brief:1 NTSB accident (substantial damage, Jul 2024)No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Everts Air Fuel INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Fairbanks, AK
- Certificate issued
- Aug 21, 2017
- Expires
- Aug 31, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard, Restricted, Other
- Airworthiness date
- Jan 31, 1985
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
- Curtiss Wright
- Model
- C-46R
- Year
- 1942
- Serial number
- 273
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 69
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- AAA2D4
Engine
- Make and model
- P & W R-2800 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 2000 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2017 – nowEverts Air Fuel INCFairbanks, AK · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (1)
ADs 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 (2)
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.
- Fire protection · fire loop · damagedOct 11, 2006
FIRE WARNING LIGHT NR 2 ENGINE ZONE 2 AND 3 ILLUMINATED THEN EXTINGUISHED. VISUAL INSPECTION OF ENGINE SHOWS NO SIGN OF FIRE OR DAMAGE, SUSPECT FAULTY LOOP DETECTOR. (K)
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Air conditioning and pressurization · motor · shortedAug 12, 2002
AFTER COMPLETION OF HOLD ITEMS COCKPIT FILLED WITH LIGHT SMOKE ACCOMPANIED BY ODOR OF ELECTRICAL FIRE. THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE WAS FOUND TO BE THE COCKPIT HEATER BLOWER MOTOR WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026