530
De Havilland DHC-6-300
8Q-TMD
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1977
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
G-BELS ► ZK-MCO ► N530JM ► 8Q-HIG ► 8Q-TMD
Reg’n
G-BELS
G-BELS
G-BELS
■
G-BELS
■
ZK-MCO
■
ZK-MCO
■
N530JM
■
N530JM
8Q-HIG
8Q-HIG
8Q-TMD
8Q-TMD
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Loganair, Glasgow
Via Reykjavik & arrived Glasgow on delivery 19-Mar-1977
Metropolitan Airways, Bournemouth
Flew Luton - Bournemouth 03-Apr-1982 on delivery
Mount Cook Airline, Christchurch [The Mount Cook Group, Christchurch]
Departed Bournemouth 30-Nov-1983, and arrived Christchurch 12-Dec-1983
Tourism Holdings, Queenstown
Withdrawn from use at Queenstown 05-Aug-1998
Jetstream Aircraft Sales Inc., Boca Raton, FL
Flew Auckland - Lord Howe Island, Coolangatta - Mount Isa - Darwin - Denpasar - Singapore - Medan -
Colombo - Male 08/14-Nov-1998
Paul's Aircraft Services, Yellowknife, NT, Canada
Hummingbird Island Airways, Male
Trans Maldivian Airways, Male [Paul's Aircraft Services, Yellowknife, NT]
Trans Maldivian Airways, Male [Paul's Aircraft Services, Yellowknife, NT]
Trans Maldivian Airways, Male
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Sold
Delivered
Reg’d
Sold
Sold
Leased
Reg’d
Re-Reg’d
Sold
Date
Jan-1977
08-Feb-1977
17-Mar-1977
03-Apr-1982
12-Dec-1983
30-Jun-1998
25-Aug-1998
07-Dec-1998
Dec-1998
30-Jan-2000
By Dec-2000
05-Mar-2008
11-Jul-2011 - On landing the aircraft impacted a large swell, became airborne again, then landed hard. The final landing caused structural damage and failure of both floats. Additional damage was sustained as a result of remaining submerged for three days, and the subsequent recovery operation.
G-BELS DHC-6-300 Loganair Aberdeen Jan-1978 Photographer Unknown
G-BELS DHC-6-300 Metropolitan Airways Location Unknown Sep-1982 Nigel Chalcraft Photo ©
ZK-MCO DHC-6-300 Mount Cook Airline Dunedin Feb-1985 Photographer Unknown
ZK-MCO DHC-6-300 Mount Cook Airline Queenstown Date/Photographer Unknown
N530JM DHC-6-300 Mount Cook Airline Auckland Nov-1988 Mike Cornwall Photo ©
8Q-TMD DHC-6-300 Trans Maldivian Airways Male Jun-2006 Photographer Unknown
8Q-TMD DHC-6-300 Trans Maldivian Airways Kuredu 08-Aug-2010 Stephen Rendle Photo ©
8Q-TMD DHC-6-300 Trans Maldivian Airways Maadhiggaru Falhu 11-Jul-2011 Maldivian CAA Photo
8Q-TMD DHC-6-300 Trans Maldivian Airways Maadhiggaru Falhu 11-Jul-2011 Maldivian CAA Photo
8Q-TMD DHC-6-300 Trans Maldivian Airways Male 05-Feb-2012 P. Field UK Photo ©