Single-engine piston

N51441

1960 DeHavilland DHC-3T

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1960
Serial
409
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Sunset Holdings LLC (LLC)
Based
Ketchikan, AK
Registration record

N51441 on the FAA register

Type
1960 DeHavilland DHC-3T
Serial
409
Engines
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
Registered owner
Sunset Holdings LLC
Ketchikan, AK
Certificate issued
2023-03-29
Airworthiness date
2024-04-24
Registration expires
2030-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A67349
Mode S (octal)
51471511
Seats (type)
16
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-04-24
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2023-03-29
    Certificate of registration issued as N51441 to the current registrant.
  • 2015-05-08
    N51441 previously assigned to a Maule M-4-210C (s/n 1103C); cancelled.
  • 1960
    Manufactured (1960).
  • 1948-11-18
    N51441 previously assigned to a Boeing/Stearman A75 N1 / PT-17 Kaydet / A75L-3 (s/n 75-4746); cancelled.
Overview

About N51441

N51441 is a 1960 DeHavilland DHC-3T, serial number 409. The FAA register lists Sunset Holdings LLC as the registrant in Ketchikan, Alaska. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 29, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Pratt & Whitney PT6A series engine and 16 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated April 24, 2024.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N51441. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1990-10-01 Accident · 60 E Of Bethel, AK Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · ANC90LA189
Reported aircraft: Maule M-4-210C — a different aircraft that carried the N51441 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE ABOVE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, ADVERSE TERRAIN AND WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE PILOT'S LACK OF INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE, AND THE PILOT BECOMING LOST OR DISORIENTED.

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.