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De Havilland DHC-6-1

AB-583

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1965

DHC-6-1

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20

CF-SUL-X ► N4901 ► C-GKAZ ► AB-583

 

Reg’n

CF-SUL-X

CF-SUL-X

N4901

N4901

N4901

N4901

C-GKAZ

C-GKAZ

C-GKAZ

C-GKAZ

C-GKAZ

AB-583

 

Action

Roll Out

F/Flight

 

Delivered

Merged

 

Sold

 

Sold

Sold

 

Sold

Leased

Returned

Sold

Sold

Operator [Owner if applicable]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

Used as demonstrator aircraft during 1965 and 1966

Northern Consolidated Airlines

Wien Consolidated Airlines

Damaged in hard landing in poor weather at Munchumina, AK 13-Mar-1969

Foreign and Domestic Enterprises

Transported to Seattle for rebuild which was completed by Sep-1974

AAI - Alaska Aeronautical Industries

Kimba Air Services

Via road transport from Alaska to Calgary, arriving there 28-Mar-1980

Ptarmigan Airways

Shirley Air Services

Ptarmigan Airways

Carter Air Services

Peruvian Coast Guard, Iquitos

 

Date

27-Aug-1965

Sep-1965

 

23-Feb-1967

17-Jul-1968

 

Jan-1974

 

Sep-1974

06-Mar-1980

 

14-Aug-1980

Feb-1981

Jul-1981

08-Jun-1986

May-1995

On display at the Estacion Naval Clavero at Iquitos-Nanay since early 2018, and painted in Naval Markings