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De Havilland DHC-6-100
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Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1967
DHC-6-100
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
National Executive Flight Service, Boston, MA
Executive Airlines, Boston, MA
National Executive Flight Service, Boston, MA
Returned on cessation of operations by Executive Airlines
Air New England, Boston, MA
Withdrawn from use on bankruptcy of Air New England 31-May-1981
National Executive Flight Service, Boston, MA
Precision Airlines, Springfield, VT
National Executive Flight Service, Boston, MA
North Continent Airlines
National Executive Flight Service, Boston, MA
California Air Charter, Burbank, CA
Ameriflight, Burbank, CA
National Executive Flight Service, Boston, MA
Damaged in mid-air collision with helicopter 22-Aug-1990; repairable (see details below)
Freefall Express, Deland, FL
National Executive Flight Service, Boston, MA
Kevin McCole, Hooksett, NH
Flying Otter Inc., West Palm Beach, FL
Kevin McCole, Hooksett, NH
Aerohio Skydiving, Rittman, OH [Aerohio Aviation Inc., Wilmington, DE]
Quantum Leap Skydiving, Sullivan, MO [Adventure Aviation LLC, Dover, DE]
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Leased
Renamed
Returned
Leased
Returned
Sold
Leased
Returned
Leased
Sold
Date
01-Jun-1967
14-Jun-1967
20-Jun-1967
20-Jun-1967
11-Dec-1971
Feb-1972
Sep-1981
20-Nov-1981
Apr-1984
29-Apr-1984
1985
Jul-1986
Jun-1987
Aug-1989
Jan-1992
1994
18-Oct-1994
24-Feb-1997
02-Mar-2000
12-Jul-2000
08-Jun-2001
29-Jul-2006 - Crashed immediately after take-off from Sullivan Regional Airport, MO as a result of an engine failure. It struck a utility pole and • impacted the ground just north of the airport. The subsequent NTSB investigation determined the cause to be pilot error in managing the emergency following the engine failure. Wreckage was subsequently acquired by Skydive Arizona for parts.
Additional Historical Information:
Damaged in mid-air 22-Aug-1990 when the upper 1/3 of the aircraft’s tail was sliced off by a helicopter, in the vicinity of California City, CA while involved in the filming of the Patrick Swayze/Keanu Reeves film “Point Break”. Repairable, and returned to service, with a tail removed from a former Pilgrim aircraft.
N203E DHC-6-100 Executive Airlines Downsview, ON Mar-1969 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
N203E DHC-6-100 Executive Airlines Downsview, ON May-1969 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
N203E DHC-6-100 Executive Airlines New York-La Guardia, NY 15-Sep-1971 Photographer Unknown ©
N203E DHC-6-100 Executive Airlines Air-to-Air Date Unknown Photo via Rand Peck ©
N203E DHC-6-100 Air New England Toronto-Int'l, ON 18-Jan-1973 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
N203E DHC-6-100 Air New England Boston-Logan, MA Jul-1978 Photographer Unknown
N203E DHC-6-100 Precision Airlines Location Unknown Jul-1983 Photographer Unknown
N203E DHC-6-100 North Continent Airlines Santa Barbara, CA Jul-1984 Tim Williams Photo ©
N203E DHC-6-100 North Continent Airlines Santa Maria, CA 08-Jul-1986 Michael J. Ody Photo ©
N203E DHC-6-100 Kevin McCole Zephyrhills, FL 1994 Jeff Burch Photo ©
N203E DHC-6-100 Flying Otter Inc. West Palm Beach, FL May-1998 Michael J. Ody Photo ©
N203E DHC-6-100 Skydive Arizona (for parts) Eloy, AZ 20-May-2018 K.I. Swartz Photo ©