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De Havilland DHC-6-300
C-FWAB
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1972
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
CF-WAB ► C-FWAB
Reg’n
CF-WAB
CF-WAB
CF-WAB
C-FWAB
C-FWAB
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Wardair Canada, Edmonton, AB
Wardair Canada, Edmonton, AB
Ptarmigan Airways, Yellowknife, NT
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Re-reg'd
Sold
Date
Jan-1973
17-Jan-1973
02-Feb-1973
Jun-1977
18-Mar-1980
06-Jun-1990 - Failed to climb and struck a parked helicopter on take-off from a gravel esker two miles north of Thistle Lake, NT; upon hitting the Bell 206 the aircraft cart wheeled and burned. There were two fatalities
C-FWAB DHC-6-300 Ptarmigan Airways Yellowknife, NT Jul-1981 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
C-FWAB DHC-6-300 Ptarmigan Airways Yellowknife, NT Date/Photographer Unknown