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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:56-0419 US
    Construction Number:1177
    Last Civil Registration:N62197
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-6A sn 56-0419...
    Latest Owner or Location:Daniel B. McCrea, Astoria, OR

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    Circa 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 56-0419.

    3 April 1976

    Certificate of airworthiness for N62197 (BEAVER U-6A, 56-0419) issued.

    New construction number, 1757, assigned to the airframe.

    Redesignated as U-6A.

    18 December 1996

    To Richard W. Gattis, Wasilla, AK with new c/r N62197.

    21 July 2000

    To Gattis Aircraft Inc, Wasilla, AK keeping c/r N62197.

    13 June 2002

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Talkeetna, AK, United States while taxiing. The damage was substantial. The certificated commercial pilot reported that after an uneventful glacier landing, he wanted to reposition the airplane to an area that was better suited for unloading his passengers. As he taxied the airplane up the glacier, the airplanes tailwheel entered a hole in the hard-packed snow and the left elevator horn dug into the snow. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left elevator...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1 January 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N62197 (BEAVER U-6A, 56-0419) issued.

    20 May 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for N62197 (DHC-2 MK.I, 1177) issued.

    Based at Talkeetna Airport, Talkeetna, AK.
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    By 30 July 2014

    To unknown owner with c/r N62197.

    30 July 2014

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the High Lake Lodge Airport (N/S) Talkeetna, AK, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The airplane had been outfitted with a large, bulk fuel tank to transport fuel to remote sites. After a fuel delivery, the airplane departed from a soft, wet and muddy sod-covered airstrip that was 1400 feet long and 50 feet wide with a slight downhill grade...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    5 January 2018

    To Daniel B. McCrea, Astoria, OR keeping c/r N62197.
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