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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:L-20A-DH Beaver
    Last Military Serial:51-16511 US
    Construction Number:0296
    Last Civil Registration:N4793C
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada L-20A-DH sn 51-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lake Hood, Anchorage, Alaska

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 51-16511.

    18 September 1968

    To Civil Air Patrol Inc, Maxwell AFB, AL with new c/r N4793C.

    Based at Lake Hood, Anchorage, AK.
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    27 October 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4793C (BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, 296) issued.

    19 April 2001

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Anchorage International Airport (PANC) Anchorage, AK, United States while taxiing. The damage was substantial. At the completion of a local flight, the commercial certificated pilot was taxiing to a parking spot at a maintenance hangar. He maneuvered the airplane toward the parking spot that was bordered by cement barriers. During a turning maneuver, he swung the tail of the airplane to the right and the outboard end of the right elevator struck one of the barriers...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    4 June 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Lake Hood, Anchorage

    23 May 2010

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Anchorage, AK, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The certificated flight instructor/check pilot was providing an annual corporate flight proficiency check ride to the commercial pilot in a float-equipped airplane. The commercial pilot receiving the proficiency review was appropriately rated and current by Federal Aviation Administration standards to operate float-equipped airplanes...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    21 March 2017

    Civil registration, N4793C, cancelled.
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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
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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