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De Havilland DHC-6-200
N37ST
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-200
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
N562MA ► (N32TW) ► F-BTAO ► J2-KAB ► F-GHXZ ► N37ST
Reg’n
N562MA
N562MA
N562MA
N562MA
N562MA
N32TW
N562MA
N562MA
■
N562MA
■
N562MA
■
F-BTAO
F-BTAO
J2-KAB
■
F-GHXZ
F-GHXZ
F-GHXZ
■
N37ST
N37ST
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■
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
MAC-Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa-locka, FL
Tradewinds Airlines, New York, NY [Tradewinds Investment Corp., Philadelphia, PA]
Airspur Corp., New York, NY [Tradewinds Investment Corp., Philadelphia, PA]
Airspur Corp., New York, NY [Tradewinds Investment Corp., Philadelphia, PA]
Airspur Corp., New York, NY [First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust]
First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust, Philadelphia, PA
Airspur filed for bankruptcy 13-Nov-1970
MAC-Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa-locka, FL
Withdrawn from use at Opa-locka, FL & available for lease from Jan-1971
Touraine Air Transport, Tours
Ferried via London-Gatwick, UK to Tours, France 18-Aug-1971
Touraine Air Transport, Tours
Air Djibouti, Djibouti
Air Djibouti, Djibouti “Commandant Gauchet”
Noted at Paris-Le Bourget, France 11-Aug-1991, and Troyes, France 16-Sep-1991
SAGA-Ste. Generale de Trading, Troyes
Air Caraibes, Pointe-a-Pitre
SAGA-Ste. Generale de Trading, Troyes
Flew Dinard – Glasgow – Stornoway – Keflavik – Kangerlusuaq – Iqaluit, NU 21/31-Jan-1993
Ted McGill, Fort Lauderdale, FL [Sunshine Air Spares Inc.]
Great Barrier Airlines, Auckland
Noted at Fort Lauderdale-Executive, FL 28-Jan-1995, still painted as F-GHXZ
Flew Oakland CA - Honolulu, HI 15/16-Mar-1995 on delivery to New Zealand (see below)
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Delivered
Renamed
NTU
Sold
Repo’d
Returned
Sold
Reg'd
Sold
Re-Reg'd
Reg'd
Leased
Returned
Reg'd
Sold
Reg'd
Date
Jan-1969
30-Jan-1969
20-Feb-1969
14-Mar-1969
19-Feb-1970
1970
25-May-1970
26-Aug-1970
Nov-1970
06-Aug-1971
Aug-1971
Sep-1975
Jun-1980
30-Jan-1992
22-Dec-1994
Dec-1994
01-Feb-1995
16-Mar-1995 - Ditched into the Pacific Ocean approximately 175 nautical miles northeast of Honolulu, Hawaii while on delivery flight to Great Barrier Airlines of Auckland, New Zealand. The aircraft began experiencing significant fuel flow problems 6 hours & 30 minutes into the 17 hour ferry flight from Oakland, CA to Honolulu, HI which culminated in the ditching just after the 14 hour mark. All three occupants survived and were rescued.
Additional Historical Information
There are anecdotal reports that Airspur leased this aircraft to Golden West Airlines during 1970, however there remains no definitive record of such. During 1970 Golden West actually had several of their own aircraft leased to Airspur. If a lease to Golden West occurred, it is possible that it may have been in very late 1970/early 1971 when the aircraft was in the possession of MAC. During that period Golden West was in litigation with bankruptcy trustees of Airspur attempting to repossess their own Twin Otters.
F-BTAO DHC-6-200 TAT Location/Date Unknown W. Fischdick Photo ©
F-BTAO DHC-6-200 TAT Paris-Le Bourget Date/Photographer Unknown
N562MA DHC-6-200 MAC Miami Aviation Corp. London-Gatwick Aug-1971 Photographer Unknown
F-BTAO DHC-6-200 Air Djibouti Djibouti Date/Photographer Unknown
F-BTAO DHC-6-200 Air Djibouti Tadjourah Jun-1977 Jacques Guillem Photo ©
J2-KAB DHC-6-200 Air Djibouti Djibouti Jul-1980 Photographer Unknown