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De Havilland DHC-6-300
HK-2889
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1979
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
N46RA ► HK-2889X ► HK-2889
Reg’n
N46RA
N46RA
N46RA
■
N46RA
HK-2889X
HK-2889X
HK-2889
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Rio Airways, Killeen, TX
Damaged in forced landing immediately after take-off from Wichita Falls, TX 21-Sep-1980; repairable
Air Group Inc., Miami, FL
Aeroejecutivos, Medellin
Helicol-Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia S.A., Bogota [Air Group Inc., Miami, FL]
Helicol-Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia S.A., Bogota [Air Group Inc., Miami, FL]
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Leased
Sub-lsd
Sold
Re-reg'd
Date
Jan-1979
03-Jan-1979
19-Jan-1979
04-Apr-1983
1983
Mar-1984
04-Jul-1991 - Collided with mountainside on VFR approach to El Yopal, Colombia. The aircraft was approximately 5km from the airfield and some 20 degrees off approach track. There were three fatalities.
N46RA DHC-6-300 Rio Airways Houston-Intercontinental, TX Sep-1981 Gary Vincent Photo ©
HK-2889 DHC-6-300 Helicol Colombia San Andres Date/Photographer Unknown