Twin turboprop

N57RF

1981 Dehavilland DHC-6-300

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1981
Serial
688
Class
Twin turboprop
Engines
2 × U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
United States Department of Commerce + 1 co-owner (Government)
Based
Lakeland, FL
1981 Dehavilland DHC-6-300
Representative photo of a Dehavilland DHC-6-300. Not a photo of N57RF.
Registration record

N57RF on the FAA register

Type
1981 Dehavilland DHC-6-300
Serial
688
Engines
2 × U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP
Registered owner
United States Department of Commerce + 1 co-owner
Lakeland, FL
Certificate issued
1994-06-14
Airworthiness date
2004-03-25
Registration expires
2027-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · research & development
Mode S (hex)
A74D8D
Mode S (octal)
51646615
Seats (type)
22
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2004-03-25
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (research & development)).
  • 1994-06-14
    Certificate of registration issued as N57RF to the current registrant.
  • 1984-07-09
    N57RF previously assigned to a Bell UH-1H (s/n 64-14145); cancelled.
  • 1981
    Manufactured (1981).
Overview

About N57RF

N57RF is a 1981 Dehavilland DHC-6-300, serial number 688. 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 June 14, 1994 and expires on July 31, 2027.

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 N57RF.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N57RF.

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.