Single-engine piston

N255JB

1956 Dehavilland Acft Of Canada DHC-2 MK 1

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1956
Serial
942
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
P & W R-985-AN-14B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Ursus Air LLC (LLC)
Based
Yakutat, AK
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Registration record

N255JB on the FAA register

Type
1956 Dehavilland Acft Of Canada DHC-2 MK 1
Serial
942
Engines
P & W R-985-AN-14B
Registered owner
Ursus Air LLC
Yakutat, AK
Certificate issued
2025-07-03
Airworthiness date
2025-07-18
Registration expires
2032-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A26ADB
Mode S (octal)
50465333
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-07-18
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2025-07-03
    Certificate of registration issued as N255JB to the current registrant.
  • 2018-10-23
    N255JB previously assigned to a Cirrus SR20 (s/n 1059); cancelled.
  • 1956
    Manufactured (1956).
Overview

About N255JB

N255JB is a 1956 Dehavilland Acft Of Canada DHC-2 MK 1, serial number 942. The FAA register lists Ursus Air LLC as the registrant in Yakutat, Alaska. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 3, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one P & W R-985-AN-14B engine and 8 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated July 18, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N255JB. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2017-02-24 Accident · Daytona Beach, FL Damage: Substantial Serious injury NTSB · ERA17LA113
Reported aircraft: Cirrus SR20 — a different aircraft that carried the N255JB registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions (fog) during initial climb, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial disorientation.

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.