Single-engine piston

N18048

1956 Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5

Not current (FAA status 7) No accidents on file
Built
1956
Serial
186/224
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Dehav Eng GIPSY MAJOR
Status
Not current (FAA status 7)
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Lavala Quebec, CA
1956 Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5
Representative photo of a Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5. Not a photo of N18048.
Registration record

N18048 on the FAA register

Type
1956 Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5
Serial
186/224
Engines
Dehav Eng GIPSY MAJOR
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Lavala Quebec, CA
Certificate issued
—
Airworthiness date
2011-02-11
Registration expires
—
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A143B1
Mode S (octal)
50241661
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Not current (FAA status 7)
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2011-02-11
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1956
    Manufactured (1956).
  • 1938-12-05
    N18048 previously assigned to a Cessna C-38 (s/n 400); cancelled.
Overview

About N18048

N18048 is a 1956 Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5, serial number 186/224. It is registered to an individual in Lavala Quebec.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Dehav Eng GIPSY MAJOR engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated February 11, 2011.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N18048. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1984-07-04 Accident · Henderson, NV Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · SEA84FA158
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150 — a different aircraft that carried the N18048 registration before this airframe.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

Same model

More Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5 aircraft

All 16 Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5 registrations →
Similar aircraft

Other single-engine pistons on the register

More from Dehavilland

Dehavilland models on the register

Own N18048?

Get a free valuation, digitize the logbooks, or list it on fyiAero.

Free valuation Logbook transcription

Browse: Dehavilland aircraft for sale· Registry by state· FAA registry stats

Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.