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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:55-0691 US
    Construction Number:0912
    Last Civil Registration:N72TT
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-6A sn 55-0691...
    Latest Owner or Location:Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an U-6A.

    Circa 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 55-0691.

    By 19 July 1997

    To Lakeside Industries of Bellevue with new c/r N68084.

    19 July 1997

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Alagnak River, AK, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. The pilot was making a no-wind takeoff downstream from a 4000-FOOT slow flowing river. The takeoff water run for the conditions was calculated at 1300 feet. The pilot and passenger both reported a partial loss of engine RPM just prior to lift-off from the water. According to the pilot, there was insufficient stopping distance before reaching a river bank...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    27 April 1999

    To Tarmac Turbo Llc, Issaquah, WA with new c/r N72TT.

    Based at Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.
    View the Location Dossier

    5 May 1999

    Certificate of airworthiness for N72TT (DHC 2 MK III, 912) issued.

    1 January 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for N72TT (BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1, 912) issued.

    28 November 2011


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 2011 photo at Victoria BC - Originally built for the US army in 1956, this DeHav Beaver was later civilianized then crashed twice before being converted to Turbo by Viking Air in the 1990s.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
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