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De Havilland DHC-6-300
C-FATM
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
N93985 ► VH-TGE ► N94457 ► AP-AXP ► C-GABJ ► N4993X ► N304PC ► C-FATM ► PJ-ATL ► C-FATM
Reg’n
N9398S
■
N93985
N93985
N93985
■
■
VH-TGE
■
N94457
■
AP-AXP
■
C-GABJ
N4993X
N4993X
N304PC
N304PC
C-FATM
C-FATM
PJ-ATL
C-FATM
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Registration painted incorrectly & subsequently amended
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Air Capital International, Augusta, KS
Ferry contractor appointed for delivery flight to Trans Australia Airlines
Crashed on Tau Island, American Samoa 05-Jan-1970 on delivery flight (see synopsis below)
Trans Australia Airlines, Melbourne, VIC
Wreckage shipped to Australia, and rebuild commenced 1972 by de Havilland Australia
Marathon Oil Company, Findlay, OH
Noted at Nouméa-Magenta 13-Oct-1973, all white c/s, en route to Canada
Marathon Oil Company, Pakistan
Noted at Singapore-Seletar 30-Nov-1975, and at Downsview, ON 07-Jun-1977 - 15-Sep-1977
Air Brazeau, Rouyn, QC
Bannock Aerospace, Wilmington, DE
Peabody Coal Company, Flagstaff, AZ
Peabody Coal Company, Flagstaff, AZ
JAS Aircraft Sales & Leasing Inc., Jacksonville, FL
The Shoe Store Ltd., Yellowknife, NT
Air Tindi, Yellowknife, NT
Winair-Windward Island Airways International, Saint Maarten
Air Tindi, Yellowknife, NT [The Shoe Store Ltd., Yellowknife, NT]
Change
Roll Out
Re-reg'd
F/Flight
Delivered
Not Del
Reg'd
Transfer
Reg'd
Reg'd
Sold
Re-Reg'd
Sold
Sold
Leased
Leased
Returned
Date
Oct-1969
Oct-1969
15-Dec-1969
21-Dec-1969
Jan-1970
29-Sep-1973
05-Jul-1974
23-Sep-1977
22-Sep-1978
Sep-1978
Dec-1980
23-Dec-1997
27-Feb-1998
01-Mar-1998
14-Dec-1999
08-May-2000
Additional Historical Information
05-Jan-1970 While en route from Honolulu, HI to Pago Pago, American Samoa the aircraft encountered stronger than anticipated headwinds, ran out of fuel and made a forced landing on Tau Island, American Samoa – some 65 miles short of its destination. The aircraft was badly damaged, and therefore was not accepted by Trans Australia Airlines, to whom it was being delivered.
The wreckage was moved by barge from Tau Island to Pago Pago on 27-Jan-1970 and subsequently shipped to Sydney-Bankstown for rebuilding by Hawker • de Havilland Australia. The airframe was sold to Marathon Oil Company in December 1971; the rebuilding project began in early 1972 and was completed by September 1973.
N94457 DHC-6-300 Marathon Oil Toronto-Int'l, ON 16-Jun-1974 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
AP-AXP DHC-6-300 Marathon Oil Downsview, ON 20-Aug-1977 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
C-GABJ DHC-6-300 Air Brazeau Montreal-Dorval, QC 12-Aug-1978 Ian G. MacPherson Photo ©
C-GABJ DHC-6-300 Air Brazeau Toronto-Int'l, ON 08-Sep-1978 Russell Brown Photo ©
N304PC DHC-6-300 Peabody Coal Inc. Flagstaff, AZ Feb-1981 John Kimberley Photo ©
N304PC DHC-6-300 Peabody Coal Inc. Calgary-Int'l, AB Nov-1988 Anthony J. Hickey Photo ©
C-FATM DHC-6-300 Air Tindi Yellowknife, NT Date Unknown Henry Tenby Photo ©
C-FATM DHC-6-300 Air Tindi Yellowknife, NT 20-Jun-2017 Dirk Septer Photo ©