477
De Havilland DHC-6-300
J8-SUN
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1976
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
C-GGAA ► N7138K ► HK-3777X ► 8P-MLK ► J8-SUN
Reg’n
C-GGAA
C-GGAA
C-GGAA
■
C-GGAA
C-GGAA
C-GGAA
C-GGAA
■
N7138K
N7138K
N7138K
N7138K
HK-3777X
■
8P-MLK
■
■
■
J8-SUN
J8-SUN
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Austin Airways, Timmins, ON
Damaged on landing at Eastmain, QC 18-Nov-1976; repairable (see details below)
Air Inuit, Dorval, QC
Austin Airways, Timmins, ON
Air Ontario, London, ON
V. Kelner Airways, Pickle Lake, ON
Registration cancelled 15-May-1990 on export to Denmark
Satair USA Inc., Atlanta, GA
Southern Jersey Airways, Atlantic City, NJ
Satair USA Inc., Atlanta, GA
ACES - Aerolíneas Centrales de Colombia, Bogota
ACES - Aerolíneas Centrales de Colombia, Bogota
Noted at Bridgetown, Barbados 03-Dec-2000, all white, no titles
Trans Island Airways, Bridgetown
Damaged on take-off at Kingstown, Saint Vincent 30-Jun-2004; repairable (see details below)
Transported to Murrieta, CA for repairs by Ikhana Group
Flew Murrieta - Tucson - San Angelo -Baton Rouge - Orlando - Nassau 27-Oct-2005 following repairs
SVG Air, Kingstown “Pasture” [Air Adelphi Ltd.]
Air Adelphi Ltd., Kingstown “Pasture”
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Leased
Returned
Merged
Reg’d
Sold
Leased
Returned
Leased
Re-reg’d
Reg’d
Sold
Transfer
Date
09-Apr-1976
14-Apr-1976
29-Apr-1976
31-Mar-1984
19-Jun-1987
28-Mar-1989
14-May-1990
01-Jun-1990
Feb-1991
Jun-1991
09-Oct-1992
Jan-2001
By Mar-2006
Additional Historical Information
18-Nov-1976 After landing at Eastmain, QC the nose gear, and subsequently the main gear broke through the surface, were torn off and the aircraft slid to a stop in several feet of water and muskeg. Repairable and returned to service. See photos below.
30-Jun-2004 During a rejected take-off from Saint Vincent the aircraft departed the right side of the runway, travelled across a field and then collided with a ditch and perimeter fence.
C-GGAA DHC-6-300 Air Ontario Pickle Lake, ON Jul-1988 Keith Fox Photo ©
C-GGAA DHC-6-300 V. Kelner Airways Timmins, ON 27-Mar-1990 Caz Caswell Photo ©
8P-MLK DHC-6-300 Trans Island Air Bridgetown 01-May-2001 Michael J. Ody Photo ©
J8-SUN DHC-6-300 SVG Air St. Vincent 22-May-2008 Nigel Steele Photo ©
J8-SUN DHC-6-300 Air Adelphi Saint Lucia Feb-2013 Kenny Antoine Photo ©
J8-SUN DHC-6-300 Air Adelphi Calgary-Int'l, AB May-2022 Photographer Unknown
J8-SUN DHC-6-300 Air Adelphi Ltd. Calgary-Int'l, AB 20-Jan-2023 CYYC Spotter Photo ©