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De Havilland DHC-6-300

8Q-MAS

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1974

DHC-6-300

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27

LN-BNJ ► C-FVBH ► HP-1276APP ► C-FDKB ► 8Q-MAS

Reg’n

LN-BNJ

LN-BNJ

LN-BNJ

C-FVBH

C-FVBH

HP-1276APP

C-FDKB

8Q-MAS

Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

Widerøes Flyveselskap AS, Oslo

Damaged on landing at Sandnessjøen, Norway 14-Feb-1992; repairable

Ex-Bodø 15-Feb-1995, and arrived Calgary, AB 20-Feb-1995

de Havilland Inc., Downsview, ON

Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB

R/O at Calgary, AB 22-Mar-1995 in full Aeroperlas c/s; departed 25-Mar-1995 on delivery to Panama

Aeroperlas, Panama City

Left runway on landing, and collided with trees at Rio Sidra 06-Sep-2000

Wreckage noted in Calgary, AB by 02-May-2003 for repair; officially imported to Canada 21-May-2004

Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB

Repaired by Nov-2005 & flew via Iqaluit, NU & Keflavik, Iceland 31-Nov-2005 on delivery to Maldives

Maldivian Air Taxi, Male

Change

Roll Out

F/Flight

Delivered

 

 

Reg’d

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Date

18-Dec-1974

27-Jan-1975

14-Mar-1975

 

 

20-Mar-1995

24-Mar-1995

 

10-Apr-1995

 

 

04-Jun-2004

 

09-Dec-2005

14-Jul-2008 - Collided with a speedboat, and crashed while attempting to go around after a failed landing at the Adaaran Club Bathala, in the North Ari Atoll, Maldives. The weather was windy with rough sea conditions at the time. All 17 onboard escaped safely, however the aircraft sank in shallow water.