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De Havilland DHC-6-200
C-FAIV
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1960
DHC-6-200
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
N652MA ► N916SA ► CF-AIV ► C-FAIV
Reg’n
N652MA
N652MA
N652MA
N916SA
■
N916SA
N916SA
N916SA
■
CF-AIV
■
CF-AIV
■
CF-AIV
C-FAIV
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
MAC-Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa-locka, FL
Sun Airlines, St. Louis, MO [Allegheny Leasing & Financial Corp., Pittsburgh, PA]
Sun Airlines ceased operations 10-Jun-1969 & filed for bankruptcy 13-Jun-1969
Allegheny Leasing & Financial Corp., Pittsburgh, PA
Interior Airways, Fairbanks, AK
Allegheny Leasing & Financial Corp., Pittsburgh, PA
Withdrawn from use & stored at Fresno, CA
Midwest Airlines, Winnipeg, MB
Flew Fresno, CA – Provo, UT – Rapid City, SD – Winnipeg, MB on delivery
Norcanair, Prince Albert, SK
Operated for Midwest-Transair
Airwest Airlines, Richmond, BC
Airwest Airlines, Richmond, BC
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Delivered
Returned
Leased
Returned
Sold
Transfer
Sold
Re-reg'd
Date
-1969
28-Feb-1969
14-Mar-1969
Apr-1969
Jun-1969
1969
23-Jul-1971
Apr-1972
May-1974
Sep-1974
03-Sep-1978 - At approximately 175 feet above the water, on final approach to Vancouver Harbour, BC, the left flap actuator tube failed which resulted in an asymmetric flap condition. The aircraft plunged into the water, 2500 feet short of the intended landing area. There were 11 fatalities & 2 survivors.
Additional Historical Information
The remains of the aircraft were subsequently transported to Calgary, AB for spares recovery. The entire aft fuselage and tail were used in the rebuild of DHC-6-100 msn 68, C-GEAW in 1981.
N916SA DHC-6-200 Interior Airways Fresno, CA Jan-1971 Jay Sherlock Photo ©
CF-AIV DHC-6-200 Midwest Aviation Brandon, MB 1971 Photographer Unknown
CF-AIV DHC-6-200 Norcanair Regina, SK Jul-1973 Bruce Drum Photo ©
C-FAIV DHC-6-200 Air West Airlines Victoria-Harbour, BC Jul-1974 Ken Fielding Photo ©
C-FAIV DHC-6-200 Air West Airlines Vancouver-Harbour, BC Aug-1975 Photographer Unknown
C-FAIV DHC-6-200 Air West Airlines Vancouver-Harbour, BC Aug-1975 Photographer Unknown
C-FAIV DHC-6-200 Air West Airlines Vancouver-Int'l, BC Dec-1977 K.I. Swartz Photo ©
C-FAIV DHC-6-200 Air West Airlines Vancouver-Harbour, BC 1977 Photographer Unknown