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De Havilland DHC-6-200
N181CS
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-200
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 ► Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
5X-UVN ► CF-GQK ► C-FGQK ►5X-UWV ► 5Y-BEK ► N181CS
Reg’n
5X-UVN
5X-UVN
5X-UVN
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CF-GQK
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CF-GQK
CF-GQK
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CF-GQK
CF-GQK
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5X-UWV
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5Y-BEK
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N181CS
N181CS
N181CS
N181CS
N181CS
N181CS
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
East African Airways Corporation, Entebbe
Noted parked, for sale at Nairobi 24-Apr-1973, again 12-Jun-1973
Bannock Aerospace, Toronto, ON
C of R and Flight Permit issued 09-Jul-1973 for import to Canada
Flew via Cairo - Heraklion - Nice - London-Gatwick - Prestwick - Keflavík 01/03-Sep-1973
320 Syndicate, Toronto, ON
Survair, Ottawa, ON
Forced landing on Belcher Islands, NU following power loss after take-off 18-Jun-1974; repairable
Ferry permit issued 26-Jul-1974 for flight to Montreal, QC for repairs by Innotech Aviation
C of A issued 27-Nov-1974 on completion of repairs
Survair, Ottawa, ON [33 Leasing Ltd., Toronto, ON]
33 Leasing Ltd., Toronto, ON
Flew via Shannon - London-Stansted - Brindisi 20-Oct-1977 & arrived Entebbe 23-Oct-1977
Uganda Airlines, Entebbe
Offered for sale by Mar-1980 with a TTAF of 9,950 hrs
Airkenya Aviation, Nairobi
Noted hangared at Nairobi-Wilson, Kenya Aug-1985 being made operational
Withdrawn from use at Nairobi Wilson by May-2002, noted there still 17-Mar-2003 without wings
F & M Aviation, Wilmington, DE
Fayard Enterprises, Franklinton, NC
Avtran LLC, Clayton, MO
Fayard Enterprises, Franklinton, NC
Rampart Aviation, Franklinton, NC [Bank of Utah Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT]
Rampart Aviation, Colorado Springs, CO [ FHC Group LLC, Colorado Springs, CO]
Landed off runway and hit with trees whilst attempting a go around at Franklinton, NC 06-Sep-2015
Starr Adjustments Services Inc., Atlanta, GA
Rampart Equileasing LLC, Colorado Springs, CO
Regent Aircraft Services Ltd., Calgary, AB
Fully dismantled for parts/salvage at Calgary-Int’l, AB by Jul-2023
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Sold
Sold
Leased
Reg'd
Returned
Sold
Sold
Sold
Transfer
Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg’d
Reg’d
Sold
Date
04-Nov-1968
06-Dec-1968
21-Dec-1968
15-Aug-1973
13-Dec-1973
30-Jan-1974
28-Feb-1977
1977
24-Oct-1977
Aug-1985
03-Nov-2004
29-Nov-2005
22-Dec-2005
19-Dec-2007
11-Jan-2011
02-Jul-2014
08-Nov-2019
01-Dec-2019
Jan-2020
Additional Historical Information
Wreckage subsequently transported to Atlanta Air Exchange in Griffin, GA, then again via road transport to Calgary, AB by Jan-2020, and dismantled by 2023.
5X-UVN DHC-6-300 East African Airways Air-to-Air Dec-1968 DHC Photo ©
5X-UVN DHC-6-200 East African Airways Downsview, ON Dec-1968 DHC Photo ©
5X-UVN DHC-6-200 East African Airways Nairobi 24-Apr-1973 EAAC Photo ©
5X-UVN DHC-6-200 East African Airways Zanzibar Date Unknown EAAC Photo ©
CF-GQK DHC-6-200 Bannock Aerospace Toronto-Int'l, ON Sep-1973 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
CF-GQK DHC-6-200 Survair Toronto-Int'l, ON Apr-1974 Brian Dunn Photo ©
CF-GQK DHC-6-200 Survair Belcher Islands, NU Jun-1974 Photographer Unknown (via Peter C. Hill)
CF-GQK DHC-6-200 Survair Belcher Islands, NU Jun-1974 Photographer Unknown (via Peter C. Hill)
5X-UWV DHC-6-200 Uganda Airlines Nairobi Feb-1981 Photographer Unknown
5Y-BEK DHC-6-200 Air Kenya Nairobi-Wilson Sep-1990 Stefano Pagiola Photo ©
N181CS DHC-6-200 Rampart Aviation Arrecife Dec-2009 Andy Mitchell Photo ©
N181CS DHC-6-200 Rampart Aviation Brandywine, PA Feb-2014 Bill Shull Photo ©
N181CS DHC-6-200 Rampart Aviation Location/Date Unknown Arqalo A. Christensen Photo ©
N181CS DHC-6-200 Rampart Aviation North Raleigh, NC Sep-2015 F.A.A. Photo
N181CS DHC-6-200 Rampart Aviation North Raleigh, NC Sep-2015 F.A.A. Photo
N181CS DHC-6-200 Rampart Aviation Griffin, GA Date Unknown David Osborn Photo ©
N181CS DHC-6-200 Regent Aircraft Services Calgary-Int'l, AB 29-Jan-2020 Bill Gavin Photo ©
N181CS DHC-6-200 Regent Aircraft Services Calgary-Int'l, AB 01-Jul-2023 Vernon Harvey Photo ©