Twin turboprop

N48RF

1981 Dehavilland DHC-6-300

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1981
Serial
740
Class
Twin turboprop
Engines
2 × U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
United States Department of Commerce (Government)
Based
Lakeland, FL
1981 Dehavilland DHC-6-300
Representative photo of a Dehavilland DHC-6-300. Not a photo of N48RF.
Registration record

N48RF on the FAA register

Type
1981 Dehavilland DHC-6-300
Serial
740
Engines
2 × U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP
Registered owner
United States Department of Commerce
Lakeland, FL
Certificate issued
1986-10-20
Airworthiness date
2004-03-25
Registration expires
2028-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · research & development
Mode S (hex)
A5E7BD
Mode S (octal)
51363675
Seats (type)
22
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2004-03-25
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (research & development)).
  • 1986-10-20
    Certificate of registration issued as N48RF.
  • 1981
    Manufactured (1981).
Overview

About N48RF

N48RF is a 1981 Dehavilland DHC-6-300, serial number 740. The FAA register lists United States Department of Commerce as the registrant in Lakeland, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 20, 1986 and expires on July 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin turboprop, two U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP engines and 22 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (research & development), dated March 25, 2004.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N48RF.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N48RF.

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.