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De Havilland DHC-6-100
N656WA
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1967
DHC-6-100
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
N223P ► N7672 ► N56AN ► N656WA
Reg’n
N223P
N223P
N223P
N223P
N223P
N223P
N223P
N223P
N223P
N223P
N7672
N7672
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■
N7672
N56AN
N56AN
N56AN
N56AN
N656WA
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Corporate Air Transport
Otter Amalgamated Joint Venture, Chicago, IL
Cable Commuter Airlines, Ontario, CA
Aero Commuter, Long Beach, CA
Air Washington, Kent, WA
Aero Commuter, Long Beach, CA
Intermountain Aviation, Marana, AZ
Golden West Airlines, Los Angeles, CA
Air Indies, San Juan, PR
Golden West Airlines, Los Angeles CA
Noted Los Angeles 01-Aug-1971 still with Air Indies titles, removed by 16-Sep-1971
In service with Golden West by 02-Oct-1971
Air North, Burlington, VT
Air North, Burlington, VT
Air North, Burlington, VT [Northern Airways Inc., Burlington, VT]
Wiggins Airways, Manchester, NH [Air Associates, Plymouth, MA]
Wiggins Airways, Manchester, NH [Piper East Inc., Manchester, NH]
Wiggins Airways, Manchester, NH [Piper East Inc., Manchester, NH]
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Sold
Leased
Merged
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Sold
Re-reg'd
Sold
Sold
Sold
Re-reg'd
Date
16-May-1967
26-May-1967
01-Jun-1967
Sep-1968
17-Sep-1968
18-Mar-1969
Mar-1969
1969
Aug-1969
1969
05-Jun-1971
Jul-1971
Dec-1971
27-Dec-1979
18-Apr-1984
01-Jul-1985
16-Dec-1987
Aug-1996
18-Jun-2008 - Crashed immediately after take-off from Barnstable Airport, Hyannis, MA as a result of a failure to remove a control lock. Wiggins Airways operate a twice-daily from Hyannis to Nantucket carrying parcels for UPS and Fedex.
Additional Historical Information:
Investigation results indicate that the upper flight control lock was still attached to the column by its removable pin. The pin attaching the upper control lock to the control column remained tethered to upper flight control lock by a steel cable. However, the pins from the two other flight control lock cables were missing, and the cables exhibited pin retaining end failures consistent with overstress.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to remove the flight control lock prior to takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the Federal Aviation Administration's failure to issue an airworthiness directive making the manufacturer's previously-issued flight control lock service bulletins mandatory."
Wreckage was acquired by Dodson International Parts 30-Jul-2008
N223P DHC-6-100 Corporate Air Transport Downsview, ON Jun-1967 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
N223P DHC-6-100 Cable Commuter Airlines Los Angeles, CA Aug-1968 Photographer Unknown ©
N223P DHC-6-100 Cable Commuter Airlines Pomona, CA Nov-1968 Photographer Unknown ©
N7672 DHC-6-100 Aero Commuter Long Beach, CA Date/Photographer Unknown
N7672 DHC-6-100 Aero Commuter Long Beach, CA Date/Photographer Unknown
N7672 DHC-6-100 Air Indies (Cable c/s) San Juan-Int'l, PR Date/Photographer Unknown
N7672 DHC-6-100 Air Indies (Cable c/s) Los Angeles, CA Date/Photographer Unknown
N7672 DHC-6-100 Air North Burlington, VT Jan-1978 Photographer Unknown ©
N7672 DHC-6-100 Air North Burlington, VT 09-Oct-1978 I.G. MacPherson Photo ©
N56AN DHC-6-100 Air North Calgary-Int'l, AB Jan-1980 Michael J. Ody Photo ©
N56AN DHC-6-100 Air North Burlington, VT Feb-1985 K.I. Swartz Photo ©
N56AN DHC-6-100 Wiggins Airways Boston-Logan, MA 30-May-1986 MLB Photo ©
N656WA DHC-6-100 Wiggins Airways Hyannis, MA Aug-2001 K.I. Swartz Photo ©
N656WA DHC-6-100 Wiggins Airways Rantoul, KS 30-Apr-2013 Aeroprints Photo ©