527
De Havilland DHC-6-300
T2-TV8
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1977
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
C-GDHA (2) ► (N279WW) ► N379WW ► N9SP ► P2-RDM ► RP-C1132 ► P2-RDM ► VH-FNY ► VH-OHP ► TI-AZV ► N716JP ► C-GKVO ► T2-TV8
Reg’n
C-GDHA
C-GDHA
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N279WW
N379WW
N379WW
N9SP
N9SP
N9SP
P2-RDM
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P2-RDM
P2-RDM
RP-C1312
P2-RDM
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VH-FNY
VH-FNY
VH-OHP
VH-OHP
VH-OHP
TI-AZV
■
N716JP
■
■
N716JP
C-GKVO
T2-TV8
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■
T2-TV8
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■
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Used as demonstrator Feb-1977 to Apr-1979
Atlantis Airlines, Myrtle Beach, SC
Atlantis Airlines, Myrtle Beach, SC
SPIA-South Pacific Island Airways, Pago Pago
SPIA-South Pacific Island Airways, Pago Pago
Atlantis Airlines, Florence, SC
International Aircraft Leasing Ltd., Port Vila (Vanuatu)
Talair, Goroka
Flew Goroka - Vanimo - Koror - Mactan - Manila 27/28-Dec-1989
Aerolift Philippines, Manila
Talair, Goroka
Metroair, Manila "Jose Tinsay"
Talair, Goroka
Withdrawn from use at Goroka 25-May-1993; ferried to Mareeba, QLD 07-Jul-1993 for continued storage
Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD
Hawker Pacific, Yagoona, NSW
Hawker Pacific, Yagoona, NSW
Royal Australian Army, Oakley, QLD
Hawker Pacific, Yagoona, NSW
Nature Air, San Jose
Noted at Fort Lauderdale-Executive, FL 23-Jun-2005 still painted as VH-OHP
Bald Mountain Air Service, Homer, AK
Arrived Victoria, BC 30-Jun-2008 in Nature Air c/s for painting for Bald Mountain
Damaged on take-off from sea ice, 140km from Deadhorse, AK 20-Mar-2018; see full details below
Gravitas Aviation Ltd., West Vancouver, BC
Unity Group Ltd., Airdrie, AB
Air Tuvalu, Funafuti
Delivered deferred as a result of COVID pandemic, remained at Airdrie
Canadian registration cancelled 05-Apr-2023
Air Tuvalu, Funafuti
Flew Airdrie, AB - Olds, AB - San Francisco, CA - Hollister, CA - Honolulu, HI 23/24-Apr-2023
Departed Honolulu, HI 24-Apr-2023, but returned; departed again 25-Apr-2023 but returned again
Flew Honolulu, HI - Funafuti 10/11-May-2023, completing delivery flight to Air Tuvalu
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
NTU
Delivered
Sold
Re-Reg’d
Repo’d
Sold
Sold
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Reg’d
Sold
Re-Reg’d
Leased
Returned
Sold
Sold
Sold
Reg’d
Not del
Del’d
Date
Jan-1977
01-Feb-1977
Apr-1979
04-May-1979
11-Apr-1983
Oct-1983
02-Jun-1987
02-Sep-1988
30-Jan-1989
28-Dec-1989
1990
Jun-1990
Mar-1992
16-Aug-1995
16-Apr-1997
12-May-1998
07-Jul-1998
29-Apr-2005
25-Jun-2005
20-Jun-2008
Apr-2019
19-Sep-2019
-2021
Apr-2023
Additional Historical Information
Aircraft struck a person just after becoming airborne from a sea ice strip approximately 140 miles from Deadhorse, AK on 20-Mar-2018. The aircraft was participating in ICEX 2018 exercise at the time, and it sustained significant damage to left wing and aileron.
As it was unflyable, and located on deteriorating sea ice, the choices became abandon the aircraft where it sat, or devise a plan to have it slung out from the very remote location. Over the ensuing days the engines and wings were able to be removed, and it was eventually recovered successfully from the ice by Tanalian & Northern Pioneer Helicopters.
C-GDHA DHC-6-300 DeHavilland Canada Paris-LeBourget Jun-1977 Michel Gilliand Photo ©
C-GDHA DHC-6-300 DeHavilland Canada Farnborough Sep-1978 Photographer Unknown
N379WW DHC-6-300 Atlantis Airlines Greensboro, NC Jul-1979 Rich Roher Photo ©
N379WW DHC-6-300 Atlantis Airlines Charlotte, NC Jul-1982 E. Greenman Photo ©
N9SP DHC-6-300 South Pacific Island Airways Pago Pago Date/Photographer Unknown
P2-RDM DHC-6-300 Talair Mareeba, QLD Oct-1993 Peter Keating Photo ©
VH-FNY DHC-6-300 Flight West Brisbane, QLD Date/Photographer Unknown
VH-OHP DHC-6-300 Australian Army Adelaide, SA Date Unknown Lance Higgerson Photo ©
VH-OHP DHC-6-300 Australian Army Adelaide, SA Date Unknown Lance Higgerson Photo ©
TI-AZV DHC-6-300 Nature Air San Jose-Bolanos 14-Nov-2005 Daniel Umaña Photo ©
TI-AZV DHC-6-300 Nature Air San Jose Date/Photographer Unknown
TI-AZV DHC-6-300 Nature Air Victoria, BC 30-Jun-2008 Tim Martin Photo ©
N716JP DHC-6-300 Bald Mountain Air Service Kenai, AK 15-Mar-2012 Dietmar Schreiber Photo ©
N716JP DHC-6-300 Bald Mountain Air Service Fairbanks-Ladd, AK 09-Jul-2015 Andrew Kristof Photo ©
N716JP DHC-6-300 Bald Mountain Air Service Near Deadhorse, AK Mar-2018 Pete Johnson Photo ©
N716JP DHC-6-300 Bald Mountain Air Service Near Deadhorse, AK Mar-2018 Pete Johnson Photo ©
N716JP DHC-6-300 Bald Mountain Air Service Deadhorse, AK Mar-2018 Pete Johnson Photo ©
N716JP DHC-6-300 Bald Mountain Air Service Deadhorse, AK 2018 Summit Logistics Photo ©
(C-GKVO) DHC-6-300 Unity Group Ltd. Near Airdrie, AB Mar-2021 Ron Kube Photo ©
(C-GKVO) DHC-6-300 Unity Group Ltd. Near Airdrie, AB Mar-2021 Ron Kube Photo ©
(C-GKVO) DHC-6-300 Unity Group Ltd. Near Airdrie, AB Mar-2021 Ron Kube Photo ©
T2-TV8 DHC-6-300 Air Tuvalu Airdrie, AB Apr-2023 Photographer Undisclosed
T2-TV8 DHC-6-300 Air Tuvalu Honolulu, HI 24-Apr-2023 HNL Rarebirds Photo ©
T2-TV8 DHC-6-300 Air Tuvalu Honolulu, HI 24-Apr-2023 HNL Rarebirds Photo ©
T2-TV8 DHC-6-300 Air Tuvalu Funafuti Fakasoa Tealei 11-May-2023