Twin turboprop

N70465

1977 Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN Otter

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1977
Serial
554
Class
Twin turboprop
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
United States Air Force (Government)
Based
Usaf Academy, CO
Registration record

N70465 on the FAA register

Type
1977 Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN Otter
Serial
554
Engines
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
Registered owner
United States Air Force
Usaf Academy, CO
Certificate issued
1977-11-17
Airworthiness date
1978-01-31
Registration expires
2028-11-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A966B2
Mode S (octal)
52263262
Seats (type)
16
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 1978-01-31
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1977-11-17
    Certificate of registration issued as N70465 to the current registrant.
  • 1972-02-02
    N70465 previously assigned to a Piper J-3 Cub / J3 Cub / L-4 Cub (s/n 17464); cancelled.
Overview

About N70465

N70465 is a 1977 Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN Otter, serial number 554. The FAA register lists United States Air Force as the registrant in Usaf Academy, Colorado. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 17, 1977 and expires on November 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin turboprop, two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A engines and 16 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated January 31, 1978.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N70465. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1970-03-22 Accident · Mexia,Tex, 43 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1338
Reported aircraft: Piper J3C-65 — a different aircraft that carried the N70465 registration before this airframe.

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.