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De Havilland DHC-6-300
P2-MBI
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
CF-BEL ► C-FBEL ► N65308 ► SE-GTU ► N126PM ► P2-MBI
Reg’n
CF-BEL
CF-BEL
CF-BEL
C-FBEL
C-FBEL
N65308
N65308
N65308
■
■
SE-GTU
N126PM
N126PM
■
N126PM
N126PM
P2-MBI
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Eastern Provincial Airways, Gander, NL [Bell Canada Inc.]
Labrador Airways, Goose Bay, NL [Bell Canada Inc.]
Labrador Airways, Goose Bay, NL [Bell Canada Inc.]
Labrador Airways, Goose Bay, NL [Bell Canada Inc.]
Mountainwest Aviation, Tucson, AZ
MAC-Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa-locka, FL
Arr. Opa-locka, FL 02-Jan-1978 on delivery, to Miami, FL 07-Feb-1978 and paint stripped by 24-Feb-1978
Del Miami-Syracuse-Sept-Iles-Iqaluit-Kangerlussuaq-Reykjavik-Stavanger-Oskarshamm 04/09-Mar-1978
Syd-Aero AB, Stockholm
Pilgrim Airlines, Groton, CT [Joseph M. Fugere, Manchester, NH]
Business Express Airlines, Westport, CT [Joseph M. Fugere, Manchester, NH]
Withdrawn from use at Groton, CT Feb-1986
MIT-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Joseph M. Fugere, Manchester, NH
MBA-Milne Bay Air, Port Moresby
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Leased
Sold
Re-Reg'd
Leased
Delivered
Reg'd
Sold
Merged
Leased
Returned
Reg'd
Date
Nov-1969
20-Nov-1969
24-Nov-1969
29-Sep-1974
28-Oct-1974
07-Nov-1974
05-May-1976
02-Jan-1978
22-Mar-1978
11-Nov-1983
28-Feb-1986
Aug-1986
1992
06-Mar-1992
12-Jul-1995 - Caught fire and crashed immediately after take-off from the Gurney Airport at Alatau, Papua New Guinea. Subsequent investigation linked the source of the fire to be electrical, combined with kerosene which was being carried in passenger luggage. There were 15 fatalities.
CF-BEL DHC-6-300 Bell Canada Inc. Toronto-Int'l, ON 16-Dec-1969 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
CF-BEL DHC-6-300 Bell Canada Inc. Toronto-Int'l, ON Jan-1970 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
CF-BEL DHC-6-300 Bell Canada Inc. Toronto-Island, ON Aug-1970 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
N65308 DHC-6-300 Mountainwest Aviation Tucson-Int'l, AZ 15-May-1977 Ben Knowles Photo ©
N65308 DHC-6-300 Miami Aviation Corp. Opa-locka, FL Feb-1978 Photographer Unknown
SE-GTU DHC-6-300 Syd Aero Oskarshamm 13-Apr-1981 Photographer Unknown
SE-GTU DHC-6-300 Syd Aero Location/Date/Photographer Unknown
N126PM DHC-6-300 Pilgrim Airlines New York-LaGuardia, NY 14-Apr-1984 Michael L. Baker Photo ©
N126PM DHC-6-300 Pilgrim Airlines Burlington, VT Date/Photographer Unknown
N126PM DHC-6-300 MIT-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Toronto-Int'l, ON 01-Sep-1989 Michael J. Ody Photo ©
N126PM DHC-6-300 MIT-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Toronto-Int'l, ON 28-May-1991 Caz Caswell Photo ©