Single-engine piston

N345SS

1966 Dehavilland DHC-2 MK I

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1966
Serial
1611
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Pyng LLC (LLC)
Based
Palo Alto, CA
1966 Dehavilland DHC-2 MK I
Representative photo of a Dehavilland DHC-2 MK I. Not a photo of N345SS.
Registration record

N345SS on the FAA register

Type
1966 Dehavilland DHC-2 MK I (FAA: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A))
Serial
1611
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Registered owner
Pyng LLC
Palo Alto, CA
Certificate issued
2026-02-03
Airworthiness date
1996-03-06
Registration expires
2033-02-28
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A3D182
Mode S (octal)
50750602
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-02-03
    Certificate of registration issued as N345SS to the current registrant.
  • 2012-10-03
    N345SS previously assigned to a Cessna U206G Stationair / U206 Amphibian / 206 Turbine (s/n U20604904); cancelled.
  • 1996-03-06
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1966
    Manufactured (1966).
Overview

About N345SS

N345SS is a 1966 Dehavilland DHC-2 MK I (FAA model DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)), serial number 1611. The FAA register lists Pyng LLC as the registrant in Palo Alto, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 3, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033.

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 March 6, 1996.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N345SS. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1980-10-18 Accident · Salmon,Id, 12 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 3477
Reported aircraft: Cessna TU206G — a different aircraft that carried the N345SS registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: ,MINOR FOD TO COMPRESSOR.NO OTR ENG MLF FOUND.

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.