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De Havilland DHC-6-200

P2-RDC

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1968

DHC-6-200

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20

N7254 ► VH-TGX ► P2-TGX ► P2-RDC

Reg’n

N7254

N7254

N7254

VH-TGX

VH-TGX

P2-TGX

P2-TGX

P2-RDC

Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

Air Capital International, Augusta, KS

TAA-Trans Australia Airlines, Melbourne, VIC

Territory Airlines, Goroka, PNG

Ferried to Port Moresby on delivery 25-Nov-1973

Territory Airlines, Goroka, PNG

Talair, Goroka, PNG

Talair, Goroka, PNG

Change

Roll Out

F/Flight

Delivered

Delivered

Sold

 

Re-reg'd

Renamed

Re-reg'd

Date

14-May-1968

30-May-1968

10-Jun-1968

24-Jun-1968

25-Nov-1973

 

Nov-1973

Dec-1974

Jan-1976

09-Sep-1991 - While returning to Mendi with another company DHC-6, the weather deteriorated significantly. The first DHC-6 landed safely however P2-RDC executed a missed approach, and entered a very low circuit attempting to maintain visual. A forced landing was undertaken on an adjacent road, during which the port wing collided with trees, forcing the engine & propeller into the fuselage.