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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:53-7924 US
    Construction Number:0735
    Last Civil Registration:N123EF
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-6A sn 53-7924...
    Latest Owner or Location:Rainbow River Lodge Llc, Sandy, UT

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    21 December 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 53-7924.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as U-6A.

    February 1973

    Advertised For Sale - from Coleman Barracks, Mannheim - Sandhofen, Germany.

    1 April 1973

    To B-M Aviation Ltd, Lachute, QC.

    June 1977

    To Richard G. Bond, Atlin, BC with new c/r C-GUIG.

    8 June 1988

    To R. S. Air Inc, Rimouski, QC keeping c/r C-GUIG.

    December 1988

    To William M. Bargabos, Canastota, NY with new c/r N5CM.

    3 September 1991

    To Jabbee Air Services Ltd, Moose Factory, ON with new c/r C-GSRS.

    September 1994

    To Duane A. Peters, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N123EF.

    30 November 1995

    To Chris F. Goll, Iliamna, AK keeping c/r N123EF.

    30 July 1998

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality. The accident occurred at Nondalton, AK, United States while taxiing. The pilot of the float equipped fishing lodge airplane instructed his passenger, a guide employed by the lodge, to exit the airplanes cabin and stand on a float in preparation for docking at a remote site. The pilot reminded the guide, a new lodge employee unfamiliar with aircraft, to stay behind the door until he shut the engine off and the propeller had stopped...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    30 August 1999

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR123EF (DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), 735) issued.

    By October 2003

    Based at Lake Hood, Anchorage, AK.
    View the Location Dossier

    29 April 2005

    To unknown owner with c/r N123EF.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Salt Lake City, UT.

    11 August 2005

    To Rainbow River Lodge Llc, Salt Lake City, UT keeping c/r N123EF.

    21 May 2008


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

    24 May 2008


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

    13 May 2009


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N123EF on floats with wings dismantled at Lake Hood, AK

    13 September 2012

    To Rainbow River Lodge Llc, Sandy, UT keeping c/r N123EF.

    31 December 2018

    To Rainbow River Lodge Llc, Sandy, UT keeping c/r N123EF.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
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