Single-engine piston

N1949B

1949 Dehavilland DHC-2 MK I

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1949
Serial
71
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Sail Rock Aviation LLC (LLC)
Based
Santa Rosa, CA
1949 Dehavilland DHC-2 MK I
Representative photo of a Dehavilland DHC-2 MK I. Not a photo of N1949B.
Registration record

N1949B on the FAA register

Type
1949 Dehavilland DHC-2 MK I (FAA: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A))
Serial
71
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Registered owner
Sail Rock Aviation LLC
Santa Rosa, CA
Certificate issued
2004-08-26
Airworthiness date
1999-11-20
Registration expires
2028-01-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A17A9C
Mode S (octal)
50275234
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2004-08-26
    Certificate of registration issued as N1949B to the current registrant.
  • 1999-11-20
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1949
    Manufactured (1949).
Overview

About N1949B

N1949B is a 1949 Dehavilland DHC-2 MK I (FAA model DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)), serial number 71. The FAA register lists Sail Rock Aviation LLC as the registrant in Santa Rosa, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 26, 2004 and expires on January 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Pratt & Whitney R-985 series engine and 8 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated November 20, 1999.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N1949B. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1981-06-23 Accident · Hughes,Ak, 02 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1471
Reported aircraft: Luscombe 8F — a different aircraft that carried the N1949B registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: ASS CASE,WATER FD IN INSTRUMENT.
1970-09-29 Accident · Dunlap,Tenn, 42 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3867
Reported aircraft: Luscombe 8F — a different aircraft that carried the N1949B registration before this airframe.

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

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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.