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De Havilland DHC-6-300

C-GBJE

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1978

DHC-6-300

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27

(N98RA) ► C-GNOF ► F-GBDA ► N306EH ► C-GBJE

Reg’n

N98RA

C-GNOF

F-GBDA

F-GBDA

F-GBDA

F-GBDA

F-GBDA

N306EH

N306EH

N306EH

C-GBJE

Operator [Owner]

Rio Airways, Killeen, TX

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

Air Alpes, Chambéry

Via Reykjavik - Shannon 05-May-1978 on delivery to France

Air Guadeloupe, Les Abymes

Via Norfolk, VA 02-Jul-1979, and arrived Pointe-à-Pitre 03-Jul-1979 on delivery

Air Alpes, Chambéry

Via Reykjavik - Shannon 05-Apr-1980 on return to France

Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska, Anchorage, AK

Flew Tours - Shannon - Reykjavik 28/31-Jan-1981 on delivery to Evergreen

Evergreen Airspur, Los Angeles, CA

Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska, Anchorage, AK

Withdrawn from use & stored at Marana, AZ Feb-2005 - noted there still 20-Apr-1985

Air Inuit, Dorval, QC

Noted at Calgary, AB 04-Jun-1985 being painted for Air Inuit

Change

Not del

Roll Out

F/Flight

Re-reg'd

Delivered

 

Leased

 

Returned

 

Reg’d

 

Transfer

Returned

 

Reg’d

Date

08-Feb-1978

Feb-1978

16-Feb-1978

03-May-1978

 

03-Jul-1979

 

05-Apr-1980

 

28-Jan-1981

 

16-Oct-2004

25-Feb-2005

 

17-May-1985

26-Oct-1989 - Aircraft left runway in windy conditions landing at Kangiqsujuak, QC and collided with a ditch. There were no injuries, however the aircraft received substantial damage.

The wreckage was subsequently transported to Springbank, AB for parts recovery by Rocky Mountain Aircraft. The registration was cancelled Jan-1993.