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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:54-1697 US
    Construction Number:0839
    Last Civil Registration:N82SF
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-6A sn 54-1697...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ketchikan Lake Airport, Ketchikan, Alaska

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    Dates

    Event

    1955

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    13 July 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 54-1697.

    June 1962

    Redesignated as U-6A.

    1 February 1972

    For sale at Coleman Barracks, Mannheim-Sandhofen, Germany.

    To City of Sikeston Civil Defense, Sikeston, MO with new c/r N44CD.

    18 January 1979

    Certificate of airworthiness for N44CD (BEAVER DHC-2, 839) issued.

    March 1990

    To Rodney F. McLean, Kalispell, MT keeping c/r N44CD.

    From 20 July 1990 to 29 February 1992

    To Rodney F. McLean/Airlease Inc, Renton, WA keeping c/r N44CD.

    October 1993

    To Airlease Inc, Renton, WA with new c/r N82SF.

    Circa 1995

    To Sound Flight Inc, Renton, WA keeping c/r N82SF.

    5 July 2001

    To Southeast Aviation Inc, Ketchikan, AK keeping c/r N82SF.

    5 July 2001

    Operated by Snow Mountain Enterprises Llc, Ketchikan, AK.

    Based at Ketchikan Lake Airport, Ketchikan, AK.
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    13 March 2012

    Crashed.
    There was one serious injury and was one minor injury. The accident occurred at Ketchikan, AK, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. The pilot departed from an off-airport site in marginal visual flight rules conditions. Shortly after departure, the weather worsened and flight visibility dropped to near zero in heavy snow. He attempted to follow the shoreline at a low altitude but was unable to maintain visual contact with the ground...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1 January 2018

    Certificate of airworthiness for N82SF (BEAVER DHC-2, 839) issued.

    9 January 2018

    Civil registration, N82SF, cancelled.

    By August 2019


    Photographer: Ryen Christiansen
    Notes: At Kenai Airport, Alaska
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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