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De Havilland DHC-6-200

N141PV

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1968

DHC-6-200

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20

N64141 ► HR-ALE ► N141PV

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Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

Aero Commuter, Long Beach, CA

With both Aero Commuter & Catalina Airlines titles from delivery through July-1969

Golden West Airlines, Los Angeles, CA

Forward cabin emergency exits installed by 24-May-1974 using kit supplied by DHC

Golden West Airlines, Los Angeles, CA [Laxfield Corp.]

Golden West Airlines, Los Angeles, CA [First National Bank of Chicago]

Withdrawn from use & stored at Monterey, CA Aug-1983

Arrived Calgary 23-Mar-1984 for repair to nose and engine cowlings

Newcal Aviation, Little Ferry, NJ

Repairs by Field Aviation West completed by Jun-1985

Noted at Calgary, AB 22-Feb-1986, and at Toronto, ON 19-Apr-1986; all white, no titles

Noted at Miami, FL 18-Jun-1987 with silver & blue stripes, no titles

Isleña de Inversiones S.A., La Ceiba, Honduras [One Avion Inc., Tampa, FL]

U.S. registration cancelled 11-Jul-1988 to Honduras

Isleña de Inversiones S.A., La Ceiba, Honduras

Honduran registration cancelled 01-Feb-1990 to U.S.A.

Perris Valley Skydiving, Perris, CA [B.E. Conatser, Clackamas, OR]

Change

Roll Out

F/Flight

Delivered

 

Renamed

Sold

 

 

Sold

 

 

Sold

 

Re-reg'd

 

Sold

Date

4-May-1968

27-Jun-1968

05-Jul-1968

 

15-Jul-1969

15-Feb-1980

 

 

26-Mar-1985

 

 

17-Jul-1987

 

11-Jul-1988

 

22-Jan-1990

22-Apr-1992 - Crashed immediately after take-off from Perris, CA following a power loss in the right engine. Subsequent investigation determined that the fuel was heavily contaminated with water, an emulsifying agent and bacteria. There were 16 fatalities, and 6 injured.