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De Havilland DHC-6-300
ZS-NJK
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1978
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
N403CA ► ZS-NJK
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Pennsylvania Commuter Airlines, Harrisburg, PA [Clark Aviation, Harrisburg, PA]
Holiday Airlines, Newark, NJ
Noted at Newark, NJ 25-Jul-1986 in Allegheny Commuter c/s, no titles
Pal Air International, Tonopah, NV
Methow Aviation, Everett, WA
Pal-Air International, Tonopah, NV
General Aviation Services, Wheeling, IL
Specialized Aircraft Services, Wichita, KS
Flew via St. John's, NL - Santa Maria - Tenerife 10/11-Mar-1993 & noted at Lanseria 26-Mar-1993
Operating humanitarian air services for Absil Air in Djibouti; U.S. registration cancelled 26-Oct-1993
Absil Air Services, Lanseria [Altini-Absil Partners, Lanseria]
Rossair Contracts, Lanseria
Solenta Aviation, Johannesburg
Struck high ground on approach to Akon, Sudan 14-Nov-2005 and right main gear failed; repairable
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Sold
Sold
Leased
Returned
Sold
Sold
Reg’d
Transfer
Reg’d
Date
09-Jun-1978
23-Jun-1978
29-Jun-1978
20-Jun-1986
15-May-1989
12-Jun-1989
19-Nov-1991
19-Jan-1993
25-Feb-1993
03-Nov-1993
Mar-1998
By 2005
31-Aug-2007 - While flying at low level along a river between Punia and Goma, Congo the aircraft collided with power lines, severing a large portion of the vertical stabilizer. The aircraft was ditched into the river, and subsequently sank. It was operating a humanitarian flight on behalf of Air Serv International.
N403CA DHC-6-300 Pennsylvania Commuter Airlines Harrisburg, PA Date Unknown Eddie Cook Photo ©
N403CA DHC-6-300 Holiday Airlines Newark, NJ Date/Photographer Unknown
N403CA DHC-6-300 Holiday Airlines Newark, NJ Dec-1988 A.J. Smith Photo ©
N403CA DHC-6-300 Methow Aviation Winthrop, WA Date Unknown Neil Henry Photo ©
ZS-NJK DHC-6-300 Rossair Contracts Ganda 23-Apr-1994 Thierry Gassman/ICRC Photo ©
ZS-NJK DHC-6-300 Solenta Aviation Johannesburg Jun-2005 Afavia Photo ©