Single-engine piston

N4957W

1959 Dehavilland DHC-2 MK I

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1959
Serial
1385
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Ak Air Leasing LLC (LLC)
Based
Homer, AK
1959 Dehavilland DHC-2 MK I
Representative photo of a Dehavilland DHC-2 MK I. Not a photo of N4957W.
Registration record

N4957W on the FAA register

Type
1959 Dehavilland DHC-2 MK I (FAA: Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A))
Serial
1385
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R-985 series
Registered owner
Ak Air Leasing LLC
Homer, AK
Certificate issued
2024-11-15
Airworthiness date
1993-08-18
Registration expires
2031-11-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A6260D
Mode S (octal)
51423015
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-11-15
    Certificate of registration issued as N4957W to the current registrant.
  • 1993-08-18
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1980-07-28
    N4957W previously assigned to a Commander 114 (s/n 14295); cancelled.
  • 1959
    Manufactured (1959).
Overview

About N4957W

N4957W is a 1959 Dehavilland DHC-2 MK I (FAA model DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)), serial number 1385. The FAA register lists Ak Air Leasing LLC as the registrant in Homer, Alaska. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 15, 2024 and expires on November 30, 2031.

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 August 18, 1993.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N4957W.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N4957W.

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.