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Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 · 1956 · Ketchikan, AK
N87597 is a 1956 Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 (serial 987), registered to Seawind Aviation Inc (corporation) in Ketchikan, AK. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires April 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from July 1976 (50 years ago). It carries a P&W R-985 SERIES engine rated at 450 hp, the engine on 82% of registered Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address AC0C9C. It is one of 38 Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 aircraft on the FAA registry. Seawind Aviation Inc holds 2 aircraft on the registry.
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28 of the 34 registered Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 carry this engine (82%), across 3 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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