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De Havilland DHC-6-300
9H-PALMA
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1977
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
C-GQYP ► YV-184CP ► N208JE ► C-FWVV ► PK-BRR ► VH-AQU ► 9A-TOA ► HB-LON ► 9H-PALMA
Reg’n
C-FQYP
C-FQYP
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YV-184CP
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YV-184CP
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N208JE
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C-FWVV
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PK-BRR
VH-AQU
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9A-TOA
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9A-TOA
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HB-LON
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9H-PALMA
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Canadian registration allocated 15-Aug-1977 for flight testing purposes, as aircraft was unsold
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Noted at Downsview, all white, from 10-Feb-1978 to 14-Jul-1978 & at Toronto, ON 30-Sep-1978
Noted at Opa-locka, FL 11-Sep-1978 still all white & rolled out 19-Oct-1978 in Fundavair c/s
Fundavair-Fundación Venezolana de Apoyo al Indígena, Caracas
Sustained structural damage to fuselage in a hard landing at Luepa 02-Apr-2004; repairable
Eriksson Aviation, South St. Paul, MN
Disassembled and via road to Airdrie, AB & noted there by Jul-2008 under rebuild by Erwin Aero
BBS Aircraft Inc., Saskatoon, SK
Rebuild completed by May-2009 & ferried to South Saint Paul, MN for amphibious float installation
Flew Saskatoon - Thompson - Iqaluit - Keflavik - Malmö - Nis - Aqaba - Fujairah- Muscat - Male -
Medan - Jakarta-Halim 23-Jun to 04-Jul-2011
PT Aviastar Mandiri, Jakarta [Unknown Destination Services, Southport, QLD]
Unknown Destination Services, Southport, QLD
Flew Denpasar - Birdsville - Bourke - Sydney-Bankstown 1/4-Jan-2013 on del
Flew Sydney-Bankstown - Coober Pedy - Port Hedland - Cocos/Keeling - Gan - Salalah - Aqaba - Split -
Bern 25-Apr-2014 - 04-May-2014
European Coastal Airlines, Split [RUAG Schweiz AG]
Flew Bern - Aarhus - Prague - Split 10/11-Aug-2014 on delivery
European Coastal ceased operations 03-Oct-2016
RUAG Aviation Schweiz AG, Emmen
Arrived Bern 03-Dec-2016 for storage
RUAG Aviation Schweiz AG, Emmen
Moved from Bern to Sion by early 2019 for continued storage, and flew Sion - Marseille 16-Nov-2019
Swiss registration cancelled 04-Dec-2019, remained stored at Marseille
Isla Air Express, Palma de Mallorca [Mediterranean Coastal Airline Ltd.]
Test flights undertaken 19-Jun-2023 from the Berre Lagoon, near Marseille, France
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Re-reg’d
Delivered
Sold
Reg’d
Reg’d
Delivered
Reg’d
Returned
Reg’d
Reg’d
Date
Aug-1977
30-Jan-1978
09-Dec-1977
Oct-1978
19-Jan-2007
17-Oct-2008
26-Jul-2011
14-Dec-2012
Jun-2014
Oct-2016
17-Dec-2017
08-Mar-2023
YV-184CP DHC-6-300 Fundación Venezolana de Apoyo al Indígena Downsview, ON Mar-1978 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
YV-184CP DHC-6-300 Fundación Venezolana de Apoyo al Indígena Opa-locka, FL Jun-1977 Nigel Chalcraft Photo ©
YV-184CP DHC-6-300 Fundación Venezolana de Apoyo al Indígena Airdrie, AB 23-Jul-2008 Bill Teasdale Photo ©
(C-FWVV) DHC-6-300 Erwin Aero Ltd. Airdie, AB 2008 Erwin Aero Photo ©
(C-FWVV) DHC-6-300 Erwin Aero Ltd. Airdie, AB 2008 Erwin Aero Photo ©
(C-FWVV) DHC-6-300 Erwin Aero Ltd. Airdie, AB 2008 Erwin Aero Photo ©
(C-FWVV) DHC-6-300 Erwin Aero Ltd. Airdie, AB 2008 Erwin Aero Photo ©
VH-AQU DHC-6-300 Unknown Destination Services Bankstown, NSW Dec-2013 Lance Higgerson Photo
VH-AQU DHC-6-300 Unknown Destination Services Split 04-May-2014 European Coastal Airlines Photo
9A-TOA DHC-6-300 European Coastal Airlines Air-to-Air Date Unknown ECA Photo ©
9A-TOA DHC-6-300 European Coastal Airlines Bern 12-Jun-2014 Matthias Michel Photo ©
9H-PALMA DHC-6-300 Isla Air Express Berre Lagoon 19-Jun-2023 KDM Photo ©
9H-PALMA DHC-6-300 Isla Air Express Berre Lagoon 19-Jun-2023 KDM Photo ©
9H-PALMA DHC-6-300 Isla Air Express Berre Lagoon 19-Jun-2023 KDM Photo ©
9H-PALMA DHC-6-300 Isla Air Express Berre Lagoon 19-Jun-2023 KDM Photo ©