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De Havilland DHC-6-200

N187SA

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1968

DHC-6-200

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20

N187SA

Reg’n

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Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

MAC-Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa-locka, FL

Suburban Airlines, Reading, PA

Precision Airlines, Springfield, VT [Precision Valley Aviation dba]

Noted at Boston 01-Sep-1979

Jack Wall Aircraft Sales, Memphis, TN

California Air Charter, Burbank, CA

Noted at Phoenix 09-Sep-1985

Ameriflight, Burbank, CA

Jack Wall Aircraft Sales, Memphis, TN

Ram Air International, Wilmington, DE

Multitrade International Inc., Camarillo, CA

Aeroperlas, Panama City, Panama

Change

Roll Out

Delivered

Delivered

Sold

 

Sold

Leased

 

Renamed

Returned

Sold

Sold

Leased

Date

31-May-1968

20-Jun-1968

Aug-1968

Aug-1979

 

01-Apr-1985

1985

 

Jun-1987

Feb-1990

23-Feb-1990

23-Feb-1990

Mar-1990

18-Apr-1990 - Crashed into Caribbean shortly after take-off from Isla Contadora, Panama following multiple bird strikes (Parrots). The failure of the No. 2 engine caused the aircraft to enter a descending turn which continued until impact with the sea. There were 20 fatalities and 2 survivors.