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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:Beaver II
    Last Military Serial:56-0423 US
    Construction Number:1185
    Last Civil Registration:N492K
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada Beaver II sn 56...
    Latest Owner or Location:Katmai Air Llc, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    1957

    Constructed as a Beaver II.

    8 January 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 56-0423.

    From 1971 to 1988

    To Chicago Fire Department with new c/r N444FD.

    22 November 1988

    To Steed (and) Evans Ltd, Saint. Catherines, ON with new c/r C-FCVS.

    10 April 1990


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In LAL when it was registered C-FCVS.

    17 January 1996

    To AWG Northern Industries Inc, Smithers, BC keeping c/r C-FCVS.

    2 June 2000

    To Wright Aircraft Llc, Seattle, WA with new c/r N299WS.

    6 June 2000

    Certificate of airworthiness for N299WS (DHC 2 MK III, 1185) issued.

    14 January 2004

    To First Aircraft Llc, Bellevue, WA with new c/r N299WS.

    13 September 2007

    To Briar Development Co LLP, Bellingham, WA keeping c/r N299WS.

    3 June 2011

    Civil registration, N299WS, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    6 June 2011

    To Northern Uniform Service Corp., Sudbury, ON with new c/r C-GNTB.

    6 April 2023

    To Katmai Air Llc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N492K.

    26 April 2023

    Certificate of airworthiness for N492K (DHC 2 MK III, 1185) issued.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
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     Terry Fletcher
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