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De Havilland DHC-6-300
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1975
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
MNA-Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Jakarta "Rote"
Damaged in accident 20-Dec-1984 (no further details)
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [239665 Alberta Ltd.]
Rebuilding undertaken by Rocky Mountain Aircraft and completed by Jun-1991
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [402677 Alberta Ltd.]
Ptarmigan Airways, Yellowknife, NT
Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB
Ptarmigan Airways, Yellowknife, NT
Bradley Air Services, Carp, ON
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [402677 Alberta Ltd.]
Provincial Airlines, St. John's, NL
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [02677 Alberta Ltd.]
Provincial Airlines, St. John's, NL
Damaged on take-off at Goose Bay, NL 06-Nov-2006; repairable (see full details below)
Damaged on landing near Nain, NL 05-Apr-2008; repairable (see full details below)
Damaged during recovery effort from Nain, NL 28-Apr-2008; (see full details below)
Rocky Mountain Aircraft, Calgary, AB [Ashe Aircraft Enterprises]
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Apr-1975
08-May-1975
26-May-1975
14-Nov-1990
16-Jun-1991
18-Jul-1991
29-Feb-1992
02-May-1992
22-Nov-1996
May-2000
05-May-2000
26-Feb-2002
24-Jul-2002
10-Feb-2009
Additional Historical Information
06-Nov-2006 - Aircraft struck a wooden safety curb on take-off from the Marine Atlantic dock, upon landing at Goose Bay the right main gear failed. The aircraft left the runway and sustained additional damage to the right wing. Repairable and returned to service.
05-Apr-2008 While doing a touch & go 86 miles from Nain, NL to determine suitability of frozen lake surface, the nose gear separated when it hit a snow bank. The aircraft slid to a stop about 100 feet further on. Repairable, however see comments below.
28-Apr-2008 The aircraft was being recovered from the accident location to be flown out as a sling load via helicopter. During the recovery process the sling failed, and the aircraft fell approximately 300 meters. The wreckage, which was now beyond economical repair was registered back to Rocky Mountain Aircraft [Ashe Aircraft Enterprises] in 2009. A significant portion of the aft fuselage was donated to the repair of MSN 650 C-GKBC, which itself was lost in Antarctica in Jan-2013.
PK-NUX DHC-6-300 Merpati Nusantara Downsview, ON May-1975 DHC Photo
PK-NUX DHC-6-300 Merpati Nusantara Balikpapan Dec-1977 Photographer Unknown
C-FIZD DHC-6-300 Rocky Mountain Aircraft Springbank, AB Jul-1991 Anthony J. Hickey Photo ©
C-FIZD DHC-6-300 Rocky Mountain Aircraft Springbank, AB Aug-1991 Dave Dunsmore Photo ©
C-FIZD DHC-6-300 Kenn Borek Air Calgary-Int'l, AB Mar-1992 Anthony J. Hickey Photo ©
C-FIZD DHC-6-300 Ptarmigan Airways Yellowknife, NT Jul-1992 Anthony J. Hickey Photo ©
C-FIZD DHC-6-300 Ptarmigan Airways Yellowknife, NT 24-Apr-1993 Henry Tenby Photo ©
C-FIZD DHC-6-300 Provincial Airlines Goose Bay, NL Jun-2000 Erik Johanneson Photo ©
C-FIZD DHC-6-300 Innu Mikun Airlines Air-to-Air Date Unknown PAL Airlines Photo
C-FIZD DHC-6-300 Innu Mikun Airlines Goose Bay, NL Date Unknown Udo Schaefer Photo ©
C-FIZD DHC-6-300 Innu Mikun Airlines Location/Date Unknown Mark Gardner Photo ©
C-FIZD DHC-6-300 Innu Mikun Airlines Goose Bay, NL Date Unknown PAL Airlines Photo ©
C-FIZD DHC-6-300 Innu Mikun Airlines Location/Date Unknown Noel Bennett Photo ©
C-FIZD DHC-6-300 Innu Mikun Airlines Location/Date Unknown PAL Airlines Photo ©