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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:56-4410 US
    Construction Number:1127
    Last Civil Registration:N340KA
    Latest Owner or Location:South East Air and Sea Llc, Ward Cove, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an U-6A.

    Circa 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 56-4410.

    13 April 1979

    To Kenmore Air Harbor Inc, Kenmore, WA with new c/r N1018N.

    3 May 1993

    Certificate of airworthiness for N340KA (BEAVER DHC-2, 1127) issued.

    10 October 1997

    To Ketchum Aircraft Leasing Inc, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N340KA.

    1 January 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N340KA (BEAVER DHC-2, 1127) issued.

    29 May 2006


    Photographer: David Lednicer
    Notes: Former US Army 56-4410, leading a new life in the Seattle area - at Renton Municipal operating for Southeast Aviation

    By 31 July 2007

    To Sound Flight Inc with new c/r N340KA.

    31 July 2007

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Victoria, Canada. The damage was substantial. The foreign authority was the source of this information. On July 31, 2007, about 1245, Pacific daylight time, a fixed float-equipped de Havilland DHC-2 airplane, N340KA, sustained substantial damage when it collided with ocean waters near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, while maneuvering for landing near a fishing vessel...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    14 August 2008

    To Sitka Air, Kent, WA with new c/r N340KA.

    Based at Will Rogers Wiley Post Seaplane Base, Renton Airport, Renton, WA.
    View the Location Dossier

    7 August 2018

    To South East Air and Sea Llc, Ward Cove, AK keeping c/r N340KA.
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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
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
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