N87KA1953 Dehavilland DHC-3
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
- Kenmore Air Harbor LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Kenmore, WA
- Certificate issued
- May 10, 1995
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Oct 25, 1996
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
- 1953
- Serial number
- 11
- 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
- ABF4DF
Engine
- Make and model
- Ama/Expr Unknown Eng
- Type
- Turbo-prop
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1995 – nowKenmore Air Harbor LLCKenmore, WA · current
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
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.
- Electrical power · circuit breaker · overheatedSep 20, 2014
A WEAK BATTERY CAUSED A CIRCUIT BREAKER IN THE CHARGING SYSTEM TO TRIP. AFTER REDUCING ELECTRICAL LOAD, THE PILOT RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY TRIPPED A SECOND TIME. THE CASE OF THE CIRCUIT BREAKER GOT HOT ENOUGH DURING THE EVENT TO RELEASE AN ODOR AND SOME LIGHT SMOKE. THERE WAS…
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