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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:DHC-2 Beaver
    Construction Number:0725
    Last Civil Registration:N283AR
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-2 cn 0725 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Talarik Air Llc, King Salmon, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    1954

    Constructed as a DHC-2.
    Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 725

    17 November 1954

    To Arabian Oil Company with new c/r N728A.

    3 January 1969

    Certificate of airworthiness for N728A (BEAVER DHC-2, 725) issued.

    August 1972

    To ADCO Airlines Inc, Wichita, KS with new c/r N7283.

    1976

    To Cyprus Services Parachute Club., Larnaca, Cyprus keeping c/r N7283.

    May 1993

    To Apalachicola International Training Centre, Apalachicola, FL keeping c/r N7283.

    14 December 1995

    To B. A. Grassfield, Englewood, CO keeping c/r N7283.

    25 February 1999

    To Alaska Rainbow Lodge, King Salmon, AK keeping c/r N7283.

    13 June 2000

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Levelock, AK, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The pilot was taking off from a narrow river. He stated that he initially kept the water rudders extended during the downriver takeoff for steerage. He indicated that when the airplane came up on step, it swerved left toward the shallow water and he did not have time to avoid striking the riverbank...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    22 December 2004

    To Falcon Llc, King Salmon, AK keeping c/r N7283.

    24 May 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Lake Hood, Anchorage, Alaska

    14 August 2015

    To Falcon Llc, King Salmon, AK keeping c/r N7283.

    29 February 2016

    To Talarik Air Llc, King Salmon, AK keeping c/r N7283.

    26 April 2019

    To Talarik Air Llc, King Salmon, AK with new c/r N283AR.

    18 July 2023

    To Talarik Air Llc, King Salmon, AK keeping c/r N283AR.

    4 October 2024


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: At Old School Fly-In, Ranger, TX.
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    DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
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     Terry Fletcher
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