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De Havilland DHC-6-300
H4-OTA
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
9V-BCJ ► XW-PHP ► 9V-BCJ ► ZS-JEU ► 7P-AAE ► VR-CAV ► VH-AQB ► P2-GVI ► VH-FNT ► H4-FNT ► VH-FNT ► H4-FNT ► P2-MCV ► H4-OTA
Reg’n
9V-BCJ
9V-BCJ
9V-BCJ
XW-PHP
9V-BCJ
ZS-JEU
ZS-JEU
■
7P-AAE
VR-CAV
■
■
VH-AQB
VH-AQB
■
■
■
P2-GVI
■
■
■
VH-FNT
VH-FNT
VH-FNT
H4-FNT
VH-FNT
VH-FNT
VH-FNT
VH-FNT
VH-FNT
VH-FNT
VH-FNT
H4-FNT
H4-FNT
P2-MCV
H4-OTA
■
H4-OTA
■
H4-OTA
■
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Saber Air, Singapore-Seletar [Air Charter Enterprises, Singapore]
Continental Air Services, Vientiane
Saber Air, Singapore-Seletar [Air Charter Enterprises, Singapore]
De Beers Consolidated Mining, Kimberley
Anglo American Corporation, Kimberley
Damaged at Letsing Mine airfield, Lesotho 08-Dec-1977; repairable
Anglo American Corporation, Maseru
Omni Aircraft Sales, Grand Cayman
Flew via Nice & Lyon, France 06-Apr-1981 to Fairoaks, UK
Remained parked at Fairoaks through to 14-Jan-1982 when it flew to Australia on delivery
Air Queensland, Cairns, QLD
Australian Airlines, Melbourne, VIC
Left runway at Dunk Island and collided with trees during take-off in strong crosswinds 18-Nov-1988
Wreckage transported to Brisbane, QLD Jan-1989 & remained unrepaired in hangar
Wreckage transported via sea container to Goroka, Papua New Guinea Feb-1989 for Talair
Talair, Goroka
Rolled out 26-Dec-1992 after repair, test flown 17-Feb-1993
Talair ceased ops 25-May-1993; parked at Goroka until 12-Jul-1993 when it flew Goroka-Daru-Cairns
Withdrawn from use & stored at Mareeba, QLD
Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD
Royal Australian Air Force
Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD
Solomon Airlines, Honiara
Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD
Hevilift, Waigani, PNG
Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD
Hevilift, Waigani, PNG
Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD
Cape York Air, Cairns, QLD
Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD
Solomon Airlines, Honiara
Solomon Airlines, Honiara
Airlines PNG, Port Moresby
Solomon Airlines, Honiara
Flew Port Moresby, PNG - Buka, PNG - Honiara, Solomons 26-Oct-2013 on delivery
Air Kiribati, Tarawa
Last service for Air Kiribati 15-Nov-2021 Tabiteuea - Tarawa & ferried to Honiara 23-Nov-2021 on return
Solomon Airlines, Honiara
Entered service 25-Nov-2021 Honiara - Munda
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Leased
Returned
Sold
Transfer
Re-Reg'd
Sold
Reg'd
Merged
Reg'd
Reg'd
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Leased
Sold
Sold
Delivered
Leased
Returned
Date
1970
1970
24-Apr-1970
06-Aug-1971
Oct-1974
Dec-1974
Dec-1974
08-Nov-1980
Apr-1981
28-Feb-1982
30-Apr-1988
26-Dec-1992
01-Jun-1995
Jun-1995
Sep-1995
Feb-1996
30-Aug-1996
09-Sep-1996
10-Dec-1996
15-Mar-1997
23-Jul-1997
23-Jul-1997
13-Oct-1997
06-Dec-1997
2001
23-Dec-2009
26-Oct-2013
by Jul-2021
23-Nov-2021