N928581953 Dehavilland Canada DHC-3
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Blue Aircraft LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Ketchikan, AK
- Certificate issued
- Jul 17, 2019
- Expires
- Jul 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Aug 15, 2019
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 Canada
- Model
- DHC-3
- Year
- 1953
- Serial number
- 8
- 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
- ACDF0A
Engine
- Make and model
- P & W Pt6a-34
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 750 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2019 – nowBlue Aircraft LLCKetchikan, AK · current
- 1997 – 2001Individual ownerGeorge West, TX · different airframe: Piper Pa-32r-301 S/N 3246068
- 1974 – 1975Hotton Aviation Co INCTucson, AZ · different airframe: Cessna 182n S/N 18260400
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- 1950Dascomp Aircraft Sales CoSan Francisco, CA · different airframe: Curtiss Wright C-46 S/N 445
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 (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs 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.
- Engine · intake duct · frozenFeb 22, 2023
ENGINE IS A PT6A-34, VASAR STC FOR THE PRATT AND WHITNEY TURBINE. PILOT REPORTED A SURGE IN THE ENGINE DURING TAKEOFF AND A POWER LOSS. THE ENGINE RECOVERED QUICKLY AFTER THE POWER LOSS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING RELOCATED FROM NOT FAR FROM THE MAIN HANGER, SO THE PILOT WAS ONLY IN THE AIR FOR A VERY…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Stabilizers · spar · crackedSep 15, 2022
LEFT ELEVATOR SERVO TAB SPAR ON ELEVATOR AT HINGE ATTACH POINT CRACKED.
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