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De Havilland DHC-6-100
C-FAJB
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1966
DHC-6-100
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
CF-UXP ► PP-SRV ► HP-466 ► CF-AJB ► C-FAJB
Reg’n
CF-UXP
CF-UXP
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PP-SRV
CF-UXP
HP-466
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CF-AJB
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CF-AJB
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CF-AJB
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C-FAJB
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Used for South American sales tour Nov-1966 to Jul-1967
VASP - Viação Aérea São Paulo, São Paulo
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
TASA - Turismo Aéreos S.A., Panama City
Withdrawn from use & parked at Opa-locka, FL Oct-1968
Bannock Aerospace, Toronto, ON
Ferry permit issued 24-Sep-1969 for import to Canada (as agents for owner TASA)
Gateway Aviation, Edmonton, AB
Badly damaged in rejected take-off from Great Bear Lake, NT; collided with trees 02-Dec-1974
Wreckage subsequently to Insurance adjusters James Taylor Company, Edmonton, AB
Air West Airlines, Richmond, BC
wreckage transport via road to Vancouver for rebuilding (TT 4,955 hrs)
Air West Airlines, Richmond, BC
Certificate of Airworthiness issued 03-Dec-1975, and Certificate of Registration following day
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Leased
Returned
Sold
Sold
Sold
Sold
Reg'd
Date
12-Nov-1966
20-Nov-1966
12-Oct-1967
06-Dec-1967
16-Jan-1968
24-Sep-1969
30-Sep-1969
30-Apr-1975
04-Dec-1975
16-Dec-1976 - Landed hard in poor visibility in Juan de Fuca Strait, 4 miles south of Victoria Harbour, BC. Hard landing damaged both floats, and the aircraft subsequently sank in 300ft of water. All aboard were rescued.
CF-UXP DHC-6-100 de Havilland Canada Downsview, ON 22-Nov-1966 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
CF-UXP DHC-6-100 de Havilland Canada Air-to-Air Nov-1966 DHC Photo ©
HP-466 DHC-6-100 TASA Turismo Aereo S.A. Opa-locka, FL 10-Dec-1968 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
CF-AJB DHC-6-100 Bannock Aerospace Toronto-Island, ON Oct-1969 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
CF-AJB DHC-6-100 Gateway Aviation Cooking Lake, AB Oct-1974 John Kimberley Photo ©
CF-AJB DHC-6-100 Gateway Aviation Edmonton-Municipal, AB 1970 Photographer Unknown
CF-AJB DHC-6-100 Air West Airlines Vancouver-Int'l, BC 31-Dec-1975 K.I. Swartz Photo ©