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De Havilland DHC-6-100 ►100HP™

N7MC

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1967

DHC-6-100

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 ► Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27

5H-MNK ► CF-GQE ► C-FGQE ► N902RT ► N7MC

Reg’n

5H-MNK

5H-MNK

5H-MNK

CF-GQE

CF-GQE

C-FGQE

C-FGQE

C-FGQE

C-FGQE

C-FGQE

C-FGQE

N902RT

N902RT

N7MC

Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

East African Airways Corporation, Nairobi

Via London-Heathrow 16-Jul-1967 on delivery to Africa

Bannock Aerospace, Toronto, ON

Air West Airlines, Richmond, BC

Air West Airlines, Richmond, BC

Air West Airlines, Richmond, BC

Air BC, Richmond, BC

Fort Smith Air Services, Fort Smith, NT

Air BC, Richmond, BC

Damaged at Victoria Harbour, BC 27-Aug-1983 when hit by Kenmore Air DHC-3; repairable

Withdrawn from use at Vancouver, BC 18-Dec-1995

West Coast Air, Vancouver, BC

Operated first West Coast Air flight 25-Jan-1996 between Victoria & Vancouver harbours

Damaged at Vancouver Harbour, BC 27-Aug-1983 when hit by DHC-2 C-FHRT; repairable

Withdrawn from use & parked at Vancouver by early 2013

Ikhana Group Inc., Murrieta, CA

Via road transport from Vancouver to Murrieta on delivery

Converted to DHC-6-100HP and first flown from Murrieta on 05-Jul-2017

Flew Murrieta, CA - Tucson, AZ - Odessa, TX - Slidell, LA 16/18-Aug-2017 on delivery

Saint Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District, Slidell, LA "Skeeterbomber"

Saint Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District, Slidell, LA "Skeeterbomber"

Change

Roll Out

F/Flight

Delivered

 

Sold

Sold

Re-reg'd

Renamed

Merged

Leased

Returned

 

 

Sold

 

 

 

Reg'd

 

 

 

Reg'd

Re-reg'd

Date

15-May-1967

30-May-1967

13-Jul-1967

 

17-Aug-1973

Oct-1973

1978

Apr-1979

01-Dec-198

15-Jul-1982

29-Jul-1982

 

 

Jan-1996

 

 

 

27-Feb-2014

 

 

 

24-Aug-2017

Aug-2017

Additional Historical Information

  • First conversion for 100HP series by Ikhana Aircraft Services, fitting PT6A-27 series engines with authorization to operate at 50 PSI/620 SHP.

  • First installation of Ikhana Enhanced Vision System with offers improvements in situational awareness in poor visibility conditions