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De Havilland DHC-6-300

HP-759

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1977

DHC-6-300

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27

HP-759

Reg’n

HP-759

HP-759

HP-759

Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

Aeroperlas, Panama City "Isla Saboga"

Via Miami, FL 17-Jul-1977 on delivery to Panama

Change

Roll Out

F/Flight

Delivered

Date

Jan-1977

01-Feb-1977

13-Jul-1977

05-Jul-1990 - After departure from Colón, Panama the aircraft was hijacked by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces. The Co-pilot and three passengers made contact with the authorities near Viterbo, in western Colombia; while the Captain was released near Villavicencio. The aircraft was not recovered, but was reportedly destroyed in Aug-1990.