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De Havilland DHC-6-300

205

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1968

DHC-6-300

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27

HP-101 ► 205

Reg’n

HP-101

HP-101

HP-101

205

Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

Ministerio de Hacienda y Tesoro, Panama City

Fuerza Aérea Panameña, Panama City

Change

Roll Out

F/Flight

Not Del

Delivered

Date

Apr-1970

16-Apr-1970

Apr-1970

08-May-1970

02-Aug-1981 - While en route Rio Hato Airbase – Penonome – Coclésito the aircraft struck a hillside at the 3,100ft level. All seven onboard were killed including General Omar Torrijos Herrera who had led the country’s military dictatorship since 1969.