186
De Havilland DHC-6-200
N186AL
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-200
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 ► Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
(LV- . . . ) ► XA-BON ► N54539 ► C-GKNR ► N985DL ► C-GKNR ► N142FS ► C-GKNR ► N186AL
Reg’n
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XA-BON
XA-BON
XA-BON
N54539
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C-GKNR
C-GKNR
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C-GKNR
C-GKNR
C-GKNR
C-GKNR
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N985DL
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C-GKNR
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C-GKNR
N142FS
N142FS
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C-GKNR
C-GKNR
C-GKNR
C-GKNR
C-GKNR
N186AL
N186AL
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N186AL
N186AL
N186AL
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N186AL
Operator [Owner]
Originally allocated for TABA - Transportes Aéreos Buenos Aires S.A.
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Aeronaves del Mayab, Merida, YC (Aeronaves Alimentadoras S.A.)
John Woods Inc., Dallas, TX
Purchased at auction from liquidators of Aeronaves del Mayab, TT 22,454 hours
West Coast Air Services, Richmond, BC
Airwest Airlines, Richmond, BC
Operated in West Coast Air c/s, West Coast tail logo but no titles
Air BC, Richmond, BC
Trans-Provincial Airlines, Terrace, BC
Air BC, Richmond, BC
Lewis Airlines, Christiansted, USVI "Seajet 2"
Via Springbank, AB 05-Oct-1985 on delivery; Canadian registration cancelled 08-Oct-1985
Lewis Airlines, Christiansted, USVI "Seajet 2"
Request for cancellation of U.S. registration 15-Apr-1986 and officially cancelled 19-Sep-1986
Air BC, Richmond, BC
Via Watson Island, FL - New Bern, NC - Toronto-Island, ON - Kenora, ON - La Ronge, SK 11/17-Oct-1986
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [Ashe Aircraft Enterprises]
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [Alberta Aircraft Leasing]
Four Star Aviation, St. Thomas, USVI [Chase Manhattan Bank NA]
Arrived Springbank, AB 11-Jun-1994, U.S. registration cancelled 07-Jul-1994
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [Ashe Aircraft Enterprises]
Pacific Coastal Airlines, Richmond, BC
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [Ashe Aircraft Enterprises]
South West Air, Windsor, ON
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [491549 Alberta Ltd.]
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [Alberta Aircraft Leasing]
Skydive Houston, Spring, TX [Aircraft Aloft LLP, Spring, TX]
Skydive modifications undertaken at Skydive Arizona Jun-1995 for operation by Skydive Houston
Skydive Houston, Spring, TX [13500 Air Express LLC, Spring, TX]
Skydive Houston, Spring, TX [Philippe Tanguy, Houston, TX]
Skydive Houston, Spring, TX [13500 Air Express LLC, Spring, TX]
Withdrawn from use at Waller, TX by Aug-2009 & at Hampton, GA from 20-Jun-2011
Lien placed against aircraft by National Aerotech 12-Jan-2015 for parts/labor and storage
ALM Holdings Delaware LLC, Houston, TX
Change
Not Del’d
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Sold
Sold
Leased
Merged
Leased
Returned
Sold
Reg'd
Repo’d
Sold
Transfer
Sold
Reg'd
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Transfer
Leased
Sold
Sold
Sold
Reg’d
Date
13-Nov-1968
10-Dec-1968
19-Dec-1968
06-Feb-1978
04-May-1978
08-Apr-1980
01-Dec-1980
28-May-1985
1985
10-Oct-1985
11-Oct-1985
19-Sep-1986
18-Dec-1992
01-Apr-1993
01-May-1993
07-Jul-1994
12-Jul-1994
Nov-1994
14-Nov-1994
03-Jun-1995
03-Jun-1995
15-Jun-1995
24-Jan-2005
05-Jan-2006
23-Jul-2007
29-Aug-2022
Additional Historical Information
Aircraft has been involved in a protracted legal dispute that began on 26-Jul-2006. On that date, the aircraft was sold via a 124 month promissory note to Philippe Tanguy for $1,237,500.
On 12-Jun-2007 13500 Air Express filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy (liquidation) and the promissory note became part of the bankruptcy estate. In Jul-2007, one of the 13500 Air Express creditors filed suit that the aircraft had been fraudulently conveyed to Philippe Tanguy. By Aug-2007 a restraining order had been issued preventing the aircraft from being flown, or moved from its location at Waller, TX. Payments by Philippe Tanguy lapsed in Nov-2008, all the while the aircraft continued to be flown through Aug-2009, two years after the restraining order was issued.
In Aug-2009 the aircraft was appraised/valuated by National Aerotech. It was determined that the aircraft had none of the required maintenance or flight logs, and accordingly was appraised at $250,000, the scrap value. National Aerotech further testified that even with the required log books, approximately $300,000 would be necessary to make the aircraft airworthy. It was now definitively grounded at Waller, TX.
Aircraft was moved to the National Aerotech facility at Hampton, GA by 20-Jun-2011 and has remained there since, in non flyable condition. It was subsequently transported to Thomaston, GA when National Aerotech transferred operations there from Hampton. In Jan-2015 the aircraft was placed under Lien by National Aerotech for parts/labor and storage.
XA-BON DHC-6-200 Aeronaves del Mayab S.A. Mexico City, DF Nov-1971 Christian Volpati Photo ©
C-GKNR DHC-6-200 West Coast Air Vancouver-Int'l, BC Oct-1978 K.I. Swartz Photo
C-GKNR DHC-6-200 West Coast Air Vancouver-Harbour, BC Sep-1979 K.I. Swartz Photo
C-GKNR DHC-6-200 West Coast Air Vancouver-Int'l, BC Date/Photographer Unknown
C-GKNR DHC-6-200 West Coast Air Vancouver-Int'l, BC Apr-1980 John Kimberley Photo ©
C-GKNR DHC-6-200 Air BC Vancouver-Int'l, BC May-1981 Gary Vincent Photo ©
N985DL DHC-6-200 Lewis Airlines Bow River-Bearspaw, AB Oct-1985 Anthony J. Hickey Photo ©
C-GKNR DHC-6-200 Air BC Vancouver-Int'l, BC Mar-1987 Erik Johannesson Photo ©
C-GKNR DHC-6-200 Air BC Vancouver-Int'l, BC Date Unknown John Kimberley Photo ©
N142FS DHC-6-200 Four Star Air Cargo St. Thomas, USVI Jun-1993 Photographer Unknown
C-GKNR DHC-6-200 Rocky Mountain Aircraft Toronto-Int'l, ON Mar-1995 Andy Cline Photo ©
N186AL DHC-6-200 13500 Air Express Waller, TX Jul-2005 Rod Kennedy Photo ©
N186AL DHC-6-200 National Aerotech Hampton, GA Mar-2012 Roger Botting Photo ©