Twin turboprop

N56RF

1982 Dehavilland DHC-6-300

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1982
Serial
788
Class
Twin turboprop
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
United States Department of Commerce + 1 co-owner (Government)
Based
Lakeland, FL
1982 Dehavilland DHC-6-300
Representative photo of a Dehavilland DHC-6-300. Not a photo of N56RF.
Registration record

N56RF on the FAA register

Type
1982 Dehavilland DHC-6-300
Serial
788
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Registered owner
United States Department of Commerce + 1 co-owner
Lakeland, FL
Certificate issued
2007-05-03
Airworthiness date
2007-05-21
Registration expires
2030-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A7260E
Mode S (octal)
51623016
Seats (type)
22
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2007-05-21
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2007-05-03
    Certificate of registration issued as N56RF to the current registrant.
  • 2006-04-11
    N56RF previously assigned to a Bell UH-1H (s/n 66-16741); cancelled.
  • 1982
    Manufactured (1982).
Overview

About N56RF

N56RF is a 1982 Dehavilland DHC-6-300, serial number 788. The FAA register lists United States Department of Commerce + 1 co-owner as the registrant in Lakeland, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 3, 2007 and expires on April 30, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin turboprop, two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 engines and 22 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated May 21, 2007.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N56RF.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N56RF.

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.