Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier

  • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:1267 FAHa
    Construction Number:0907
    Last Civil Registration:N565TM
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-6A sn 1267 FA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Sea-Air Ltd, Aurora, OR

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE
    If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO
    If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.

    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    1 January 1956

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    17 April 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 55-0688 as a DHC-2.
    De Havilland Canada DHC2 907.

    June 1962

    Redesignated as U-6A.

    From 9 November 1975 to 28 February 1977

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number UD079.

    From Unknown to 28 February 1977

    New serial number assigned: HS192 MASDC
    Reserialed to USAF inventory.

    15 February 1977

    To Summit Aviation, Middleton, DE with new c/r N31363.
    Aircraft remained stored at MASDC for a few days before transferred.

    From 1980 to 1987

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Haitian Air Force with s/n 1267.

    12 August 1980

    Civil registration, N31363, cancelled.
    Exported to Haiti.

    1987

    To unknown owner with c/r C-FBDP.
    Imported to Canada.

    29 February 1988

    To William R. Perry, Courtenay, BC., (and) Morris Perry, Prince George, BC keeping c/r C-FBDP.

    29 July 1988

    To Air BC Ltd, Richmond, BC keeping c/r C-FBDP.

    6 September 1989

    To Pacific Coastal Airlines, Richmond, BC, keeping c/r C-FBDP.

    20 June 1991

    To Aircraft Marketing (and) Leasing. Fairbanks, AK with new c/r N94DG.

    21 June 1991

    Certificate of airworthiness for N94DG (DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), 907) issued.

    From September 1996 to October 1999

    Operated by Wilderness Air Inc, Juneau, AK.

    28 September 1996

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Kodiak, AK, United States while taxiing. The damage was substantial. The pilot, the sole occupant, was positioning the float equipped airplane to pick up several passengers from a remote lagoon. After landing, he was step taxiing with the flaps extended. The airplane encountered a strong quartering gust of wind on the left front, which lifted the left wing...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    19 October 1999

    To Northstar Aviation Llc, Juneau, AK keeping c/r N94DG.

    14 June 2001

    To Wings Airline Services, Juneau, AK keeping c/r N94DG.

    7 March 2002

    To Sea-Air Ltd, Aurora/Wilsonville, OR with new c/r N565TM.

    15 March 2005

    To Sea-Air Ltd, Wilsonville, OR keeping c/r N565TM.

    22 June 2005

    To Sea-Air Ltd, Aurora, OR keeping c/r N565TM.

    By 23 October 2009

    Civil registration, N31363, cancelled.
    Exported to Haiti.

    10 September 2016


    Photographer: Gary Maisack
    Notes: At Western Antique Airplane and Automobile Museum, Hood River, OR


    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.

    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

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

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield

    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=27773][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - de Havilland Canada U-6A Beaver, s/n 1267 FAHa, c/n 0907, c/r N565TM[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=27773

    Copyright 1993-2025 m.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.