N982Z1943 Douglas DC3C
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Warbird South Flying Museum
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Rainbow City, AL
- Certificate issued
- Jun 22, 2023
- Expires
- Jun 30, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Apr 13, 1973
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
- Douglas
- Model
- DC3C
- Year
- 1943
- Serial number
- 12947
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 32
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- ADB4D1
Engine
- Make and model
- P & W R-1830 Series
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 1350 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2023 – nowWarbird South Flying MuseumRainbow City, AL · 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 (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 (3)
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.
- Propellers · propeller · contaminatedFeb 17, 2012
INSTALLED PROPELLERS AND FOUND THE LEFT PROPELLER TO BE OUT OF BALANCE AND A MAXIMUM OF 1500 ENGINE RPM USED, DETERMINED THAT INCREASED RPM COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO ENGINE, SHUTDOWN PERFORMED AND PROPELLERS CHANGED. LEFT PROPELLER PUT ON NR 2 ENGINE AND RT PROPELLER PUT ON NR 1. RAN ACFT, OUT OF…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Ignition · ignition unit · groundedJul 29, 2010
ENGINE ROLL DOWN JUST AFTER TAKE-OFF. AFTER LANDING, ENGINE WOULD ONLY START ON LT MAG. DETERMINED THAT THE IGNITION VIBRATOR WAS SHORTING RT MAG DUE TO AN INTERNAL FAILURE. ALSO FOUND LT AND RT MAGS P-LEADS GROUND FAULTING TOGETHER THROUGH AN IGNITION FILTER MOUNTED IN FIREWALL. SPECULATED THAT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Engine fuel and control · pump · leakingDec 17, 2008
LT ENG FUEL PUMP DEVELOPED LEAK THROUGH THE BLEED HOLE IN A PLUG INSTALLED ON THE PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT PORTION OF THE PUMP. SYS WAS PRESSURIZED BY THE ELECTRIC FUEL PRESSURE BOOST PUMP AND A LEAK WAS DETERMINED TO BE APPROX (1) DROP PER SECOND AT A PRESSURE OF 18 PSI.
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