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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:L-20A-DH Beaver
    Last Military Serial:54-1728 US
    Construction Number:0880
    Last Civil Registration:N241MF
    Latest Owner or Location:Doyon and Doyon Leasing Llc, Ketchikan, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    30 April 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 54-1728.

    From 5 August 1979 to 16 March 1991

    To L R. Busk, Tavares, FL with new c/r N4022B.

    5 August 1979

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4022B (DHC-2-L-20, 880) issued.

    6 September 1982

    Crashed.
    There was one minor injury. The accident occurred at the Port Moller Airport (PML) Port Moller, AK, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. During takeoff climb gusts caused aircraft to roll. Wing contacted the ground and aircraft cartwheeled. Wind was 20 knots gusting to 45 knots.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    18 December 1992

    Civil registration, N4022B, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    6 January 1993

    To Remote Creek Enterprises Ltd, Powell River, BC with new c/r C-GBHJ.

    16 April 1998

    To Remote Creek Enterprises Ltd, Powell River, BC keeping c/r C-GBHJ.

    15 September 2010


    Photographer: John W. Olafson
    Notes: at Courtenay, BC

    21 May 2013

    Crashed.
    The aircraft was located inverted in the Strait of Georgia west of Stuart Island, British Columbia. The aircraft sustained unreported damage and the sole pilot onboard had received fatal injuries. Hunters spotted the submerged aircraft, drifting in the ebb tide in Vancouver Bay, 25nm North of Campbell River. The aircraft was equipped with ELT but no alert was heard. A photograph of the aircraft in situ in the water show it inverted with the amphibious undercarriage extended.

    9 April 2014

    To Doyon and Doyon Leasing Llc, Ketchikan, AK with new c/r N241MF.

    Operated by Misty Fjords Air.

    5 May 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for N241MF (DHC-2 MK 1, 880) issued.


    Photographer: Danny Hoggard

    18 November 2016

    To Doyon and Doyon Leasing Llc, Ketchikan, AK keeping c/r N241MF.


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    DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Transport Canada

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    Terry Fletcher

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