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N43872

Douglas DC-6

Valid Alaska

N43872 is a Douglas DC-6, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine. It has 96 seats. It is registered to Alaska Aviation Museum, a corporation in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 8, 2021 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated March 4, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Douglas
Model
DC-6
Serial number
53-3294
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 4 motors
Seats
96
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
225 mph
Transponder code
A5443E (octal 51242076)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 8, 2021
Expires
May 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 12, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · March 4, 1980
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00622304

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Alaska Aviation Museum
Type
Corporation
Address
4721 Aircraft Dr
Anchorage, AK 99502-1080

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1956-01-20Taylorcraft BC12-D · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data