Single-engine piston

N260DC

1956 Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1956
Serial
180-218
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-540 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Ghostwriter Airshows LLC (LLC)
Based
Hustonville, KY
1956 Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5
Representative photo of a Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5. Not a photo of N260DC.
Registration record

N260DC on the FAA register

Type
1956 Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5
Serial
180-218
Engines
Lycoming IO-540 series
Registered owner
Ghostwriter Airshows LLC
Hustonville, KY
Certificate issued
2020-02-10
Airworthiness date
1989-01-17
Registration expires
2030-02-28
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A27F4B
Mode S (octal)
50477513
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-02-10
    Certificate of registration issued as N260DC.
  • 1989-01-17
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1956
    Manufactured (1956).
Overview

About N260DC

N260DC is a 1956 Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S5, serial number 180-218. The FAA register lists Ghostwriter Airshows LLC as the registrant in Hustonville, Kentucky. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 10, 2020 and expires on February 28, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-540 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated January 17, 1989.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N260DC.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N260DC.

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.