180

De Havilland DHC-6-200

HR-ALH

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1968

DHC-6-200

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20

N66180 ► HR-ALH

Reg’n

N66180

N66180

N66180

N66180

N66180

N66180

N66180

N66180

HR-ALH

Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

Aero Commuter, Long Beach, CA

Golden West Airlines, Los Angeles, CA

Damaged in ground collision with lamp standard while taxiing at Oakland, CA 01-Oct-1969; repairable

Damaged when it was hit by DHC-6 N66191 on the runway, at Los Angeles, CA 29-Dec-1976; repairable

Newcal Aviation, Little Ferry, NJ

Coastal Express International Airways, Reno, NV

Fairchild Federal Credit Union, Spokane, WA

Withdrawn from use & stored at Ontario, CA 1987 – noted there 24-Oct-1987

Newcal Aviation, Little Ferry, NJ

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

Change

Roll Out

F/Flight

Delivered

Renamed

 

 

Sold

Sold

Repo'd

 

Sold

Sold

Date

29-Oct-1968

19-Nov-1968

27-Nov-1968

15-Jul-1969

 

 

Jul-1984

07-Jul-1987

22-Oct-1987

 

01-Jul-1988

01-Jul-1988

04-Apr-1990 - Crashed into the ocean 175ft short of the runway threshold on short final at Isla de Útila, Honduras.


Additional Historical Information

The wreckage was subsequently acquired by Pace Aviation, and arrived Winnipeg, MB on 13-Aug-1990 for parts recovery.