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De Havilland DHC-6-200

N245GW

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1968

DHC-6-200

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20

N17134 ► N245GW ► PT-WEO ► N245GW

Reg’n

N17134

N17134

N17134

N17134

N245GW

N245GW

N245GW

N245GW

N245GW

N245GW

N245GW

N245GW

N245GW

N245GW

N245GW

PT-WEO

N245GW

Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

NASA Commuter Airlines, Houston, TX

Re-allocated to Cable Commuter due to delays in opening of Houston-Intercontinental Airport

Cable Commuter Airlines, Ontario, CA

Golden West Airlines, Van Nuys, CA

Aero Commuter, Long Beach, CA

Golden West Airlines, Los Angeles, CA

Alpine Air Bus Inc., Los Angeles, CA

Noted at Los Angeles Jan-1971 in Golden West c/s with Alpine Airbus titles

Golden West Airlines, Los Angeles, CA

Roberts Farms Inc., McFarland, CA

Operated as a corporate aircraft by Golden West on behalf of Roberts Farms & Golden West CEO

Withdrawn from use & stored on bankruptcy of Golden West 22-Apr-1983

Bank of America NA, San Francisco, CA

Air Associates Inc., Plymouth, MA

St. Lucie Skyways, Port Saint Lucie, FL

Noted at Port Saint Lucie 21-Mar-1985

Air Associates Inc., Plymouth, MA

Carson Helicopters, Perkasie, PA

Carson Helicopters, Perkasie, PA

Carson Helicopters, Perkasie, PA

Change

Roll Out

F/Flight

Not del'd

 

Delivered

Sold

Sold

Renamed

Leased

 

Returned

Transfer

 

 

Repo'd

Sold

Leased

 

Returned

Leased

Re-reg'd

Re-reg'd

Date

10-May-1968

May-1968

 

 

29-May-1968

Jun-1968

11-Mar-1969

15-Jul-1969

1971

 

Sep-1971

Sep-1971

 

 

07-Aug-1984

06-Sep-1984

Mar-1985

 

1985

Dec-1985

May-1995

Jan-1996

09-Mar-1996 - Contact with the aircraft was lost between Bagua and Puerto Galilea, Peru before it was to make an emergency landing at an airstrip in the Amazon jungle. Due to bad weather en route the planned course had been altered, and the aircraft became fuel critical. Three persons on board were killed.