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De Havilland DHC-6-300
C-FLVT
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1973
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
N540N ► C-FLVT
Reg’n
N540N
N540N
N540N
N540N
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C-FLVT
C-FLVT
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■
■
C-FLVT
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Sea Airmotive, Anchorage, AK
Seair Alaska Airlines, Anchorage, AK
Crashed during missed approach at Barter Island, AK (see details below)
Viking Air Ltd., Sidney, BC (wreckage)
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [Ashe Aircraft Enterprises]
Rebuild undertaken 2022/2023 and completed by Jun-2023
Test-flown on completion of rebuild 28-Jun-2023, and again 06-Jul-2023
Flew Springbank - Dauphin - Kapuskasing - Chibougamau - Goose Bay 06/07-Jul-2023
Air Borealis Ltd., Goose Bay, NL [Ashe Aircraft Enterprises]
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Renamed
Reg’d
Reg’d
Del’d
Date
13-Dec-1973
21-Feb-1974
27-Mar-1974
Jul-1984
08-Aug-2011
28-Feb-2023
07-Jul-2023
Additional Historical Information
12-Mar-1985 - Crashed while executing a missed approach at a temporary winter airstrip at Barter Island, AK following a flight from Prudhoe Bay. The weather conditions at the time were marginal, there was a significant build up of wing ice and the de-ice boots were not activated.
Wreckage acquired by Newcal Aviation and noted at their facility in New Jersey 06-Aug-1998 and 12-Oct-2000. Registration expired 06-Oct-1990 and was cancelled 04-Aug-2011 on export to Canada. Registered to Viking Air Ltd. 08-Aug-2011 as C-FLVT and incomplete rebuild project sold to Rocky Mountain Aircraft in 2022.
Of note, the aircraft had been on the ground for over 38 years prior to the completion of the rebuilding.
N540N DHC-6-300 Seair Alaska Anchorage, AK Oct-1981 Photographer Unknown
C-FLVT DHC-6-300 Viking Air Sidney, BC Date Unknown Photographer Unknown
C-FLVT DHC-6-300 Air Borealis Springbank, AB 04-Jul-2023 John Olafson Photo ©
C-FLVT DHC-6-300 Air Borealis Springbank, AB 04-Jul-2023 John Olafson Photo ©