N459

No registry detail on file · not in current registry

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

No operator established for this aircraft.

Accident & incident history

DOUGLAS DC-3A Fatal injury Part 91operator not named in the NTSB record
Source: NTSB case DEN77FTC19

Maintenance disclosures

Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.

1 report on file, 2015-01-18.

WARNING INDICATION · 2015-01-18 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3250

Part: WARNING SYSTEM — ACTIVATED (COCKPIT) · airframe 26,778 hrs · 25,917 cycles

STEERING INOPERATIVE CAUTION MSG IN FLIGHT. MSG WENT OUT WHEN NWS SWITCH OFF BUT ILLUMINATED WHEN NWS SWITCH ON. DECLARED AN EMER LANDING. LANDED WITH NWS OFF. MX HAD TO TUG ACFT OFF RUNWAY & BACK TO THE GATE.

Source: SDR A6WA201542325