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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:1266 FAHa
    Construction Number:1022
    Last Civil Registration:N323KT
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-6A sn 1266 FA...
    Latest Owner or Location:K2 Aviation

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 56-0353.

    Transferred to US European Command.

    September 1962

    Redesignated as U-6A.

    From 30 July 1972 to 28 February 1977

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number HS184.

    15 February 1977

    To Summit Aviation Inc, Middleton, DE with new c/r N99128 (BEAVER U-6A, 56-0353).

    From 1977 to 1987

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Haitian Air Force with s/n 1266.
    Your Assistance is Needed: It is possible that this was s/n 1267. Do you have information in this regard?
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    18 November 1980

    Civil registration, N99128, cancelled.

    1987

    Civil registration C-FBDQ reserved.
    Imported into Canada.

    29 February 1988

    To William R (and) Lorraine M. Perry, Courtenay, BC with new c/r C-FBDQ.

    27 June 1990

    Civil registration, C-FBDQ, cancelled.

    16 July 1990

    To Air-Sask Aviation, La Ronge, SK with new c/r C-FBDQ.

    18 October 1991

    Civil registration, C-FBDQ, cancelled.

    18 November 1991

    To William R (and) Lorraine M. Perry, Courtenay, BC with new c/r C-FBDQ.

    8 April 1992

    Certificate of airworthiness for N10RM (DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), 1022) issued.

    15 April 1992

    Civil registration, C-FBDQ, cancelled.
    Exported to USA.

    18 April 1992

    Certificate of airworthiness for N323KT (DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), 1022) issued.

    10 June 1992

    To RMH Aeroservices Inc, Orem, UT with new c/r N10RM.

    19 August 1999

    To Rust Properties Llc, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N323KT.

    Based at Talkeetna Airport, Talkeetna, AK.
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    5 February 2008

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Tatitna Airstrip Airport (8KA) McGrath, AK, United States. The damage was substantial. The pilot reported that during the takeoff run, he aborted the takeoff because of soft snow conditions. As the airplane slowed, it drifted to the right and the right wing struck a tree. From the cockpit, the pilot said he saw what appeared to be minor scuffing on the right wingtip. The pilot then took off in the opposite direction and landed at his destination...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    11 May 2008

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Talkeetna Airport (PATK) Talkeetna, AK, United States. The damage was substantial. The commercial certificated pilot was landing a wheel ski-equipped airplane at the conclusion of a positioning flight on a hard surface runway. The director of operations for the operator reported that the airplane bounced on the right main landing gear wheel during the initial flare/touchdown...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    13 May 2012


    Photographer: Dietmar Schreiber
    Notes: At Talkeetna Airport, Alaska

    22 May 2012

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Talkeetna Airport (PATK) Talkeetna, AK, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The pilot landed at a base camp on a glacier. To prevent the airplane from sliding, he raised the wheel skis and set the parking brake. Upon departure, he lowered the skis but forgot to release the parking brake. Upon touchdown on a hard surfaced runway, the airplane came to an abrupt stop and nosed down, then settled back on the tailwheel...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1 January 2018

    Certificate of airworthiness for N323KT (DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), 1022) issued.

    By 4 August 2018

    To K2 Aviation keeping c/r N323KT.

    4 August 2018

    Crashed.
    There were five fatalities. The accident occurred at Talkeetna, AK, United States while cruising. The damage was substantial. On August 4, 2018, about 1753 Alaska daylight time, a single-engine, de Havilland DHC-2 (Beaver) airplane, N323KT, sustained substantial damage during an impact with steep, high altitude, snow-covered terrain about 50 miles northwest of Talkeetna, Alaska, in Denali National Park and Preserve...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    18 March 2019

    Civil registration, N323KT, cancelled.


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    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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