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De Havilland DHC-6-300
N969AC
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
N8286 ► F-OCQD ► P2-RDI ► VH-FNU ► (F-OIAY) ► VH-FNU ► N969AC
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N8286
N8286
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VH-FNU
VH-FNU
VH-FNU
F-OIAY
VH-FNU
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Air Capital International, Augusta, KS
Ferry contractor appointed for delivery flight to Air Caledonie; noted at Wichita, KS 05-Nov-1970
Air Caledonie, Nouméa
Air Mélanésiæ, Port Vila
Registration cancelled 28-Aug-1985
Talair, Goroka
Badly damaged at Esa’Ala 29-Oct-1992; repairable (see details below)
Talair ceased operations 25-May 1993 & withdrawn from use at Goroka
R/p all white & named “The Last Warrior” in recognition of being the last Talair aircraft to leave PNG
Ferried Goroka – Cairns 29-Sep-1993 & then on to Mareeba, QLD for long term storage
Departed Mareeba, QLD 04-Jun-1995 to Brisbane, QLD for Flight West Airlines
Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD
Transtate Airlines, Archerfield, QLD
Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD
Regional Pacific Airlines, Edge Hill, QLD
Macair Airlines, Archerfield, QLD
Regional Pacific Airlines, Edge Hill, QLD
Eastland Air, Toowoomba, QLD
FNU Pty Ltd., Maroochydore, QLD
Curry Kenny Aviation Group, Maroochydore, QLD
Regional Pacific Airlines, Edge Hill, QLD
Air Loyaute, Nouméa, New Caledonia
Air Loyaute, Nouméa, New Caledonia
Regional Pacific Airlines, Edge Hill, QLD
Island Pacific Air, Townsville, QLD
Turbo North Aviation, Anchorage, AK
Flew Toowoomba - Brisbane - Nouméa - Pago Pago - Kiritimati – Hilo - Pomona – Murrieta 25/31-May-2007
Aero Coastal, Wilmington, DE [Wilmington Trust NA]
Operated by NEOS GeoSolutions Inc., Houston TX
Gravitas Aviation Ltd., Vancouver, BC [Bank of Utah Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT]
Arrived Houston-Southwest, TX on delivery 02-Nov-2012
Flew San Marcos, TX - Joplin, MO - DeKalb, IL 23-Jul-2013
Berry Aviation Inc., San Marcos, TX
Flew Aurora, IL - Tulsa-R.L. Jones, OK - San Marcos, TX 21-Aug-2013
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Reg'd
Sold
Reg'd
Reg'd
Leased
Returned
Reg'd
Leased
Returned
Sold
Reg'd
Reg'd
Leased
Sub-lsd
NTU
Returned
Transfer
Sold
Sold
Sold
Reg'd
Date
28-Oct-1970
17-Dec-1970
24-Jul-1975
20-Sep-1985
30-Jan-1996
03-Sep-1998
Jan-2000
23-May-2000
18-Jul-2000
2000
Nov-2000
15-Jul-2002
10-Sep-2002
10-Sep-2002
Oct-2002
Dec-2002
Mar-2003
Jul-2006
06-Apr-2007
24-Sep-2007
Nov-2012
24-Jul-2013
Additional Historical Information
29-Oct-1992 - Lost directional control on landing at Esa'Ala, PNG and as the aircraft entered the parking area it struck a 3ft hill on the western edge. The nose gear failed, and the aircraft spun around 90 degrees. As the aircraft came to a halt a fire broke out in the left engine, which was extinguished by the pilot. The Australian safety investigators believe that the left main gear tire was seriously deflated. The aircraft was repairable, and returned to service.
F-OCQD DHC-6-300 Air Caledonie Nouméa Date/Photographer Unknown
F-OCQD DHC-6-300 Air Caledonie Ile de Pins Aug-1978 K.I. Swartz Collection
P2-RDI DHC-6-300 Talair Port Moresby Oct-1993 Peter Keating Photo ©
P2-RDI DHC-6-300 Talair Cairns Oct-1993 Peter Keating Photo ©
VH-FNU DHC-6-300 Flight West Airlines Maroochydore, QLD 10-Jul-1997 AAD/Tony Arbon Photo ©
VH-FNU DHC-6-300 Regional Pacific Airlines Brisbane, QLD 19-Aug-2005 Michael Marston Photo ©
VH-FNU DHC-6-300 Flight West Airlines Brisbane, QLD Date/Photographer Unknown
N969AC DHC-6-300 Berry Aviation St. John's, NL 21-Sep-2013 Mark Stares Photo ©
N969AC DHC-6-300 Berry Aviation San Marcos, TX 22-Feb-2020 Mark Pasqualino Photo ©