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De Havilland DHC-6-200
N187SA
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
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Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-200
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
N187SA
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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.