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De Havilland DHC-6-300

9N-AET

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1979

DHC-6-300

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27

A2-ABL ► 7P-LAG ► ET-AIW ► C-GBQA ► (9N-AEM) ► 9N-AET

Reg’n

A2-ABL

A2-ABL

A2-ABL

7P-LAG

ET-AIW

ET-AIW

 

C-GBQA

9N-AEM

9N-AET

9N-AET

9N-AET

Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

Air Botswana, Gaborone "Shashe"

Via Reykjavik - Shannon - Rabat 13/14-May-1979 on delivery

Lesotho Airways, Maseru

Damaged on landing at Quthing, Lesotho 02-Apr-1984; repairable (see details below)

RRV Air Service, Addis Ababa

Jetstream Aircraft Sales, Jacksonville, FL

Flew Addis Ababa - Asmara - Luxor - Heraklion - Rome - Pisa - Birmingham - Prestwick - Keflavík -

Kangerlusuaq - Iqaluit - Churchill - Calgary 26/30-Nov-1997

Borek & Binder Aero Leasing, Calgary, AB [751209 Alberta Ltd., Calgary, AB]

Rolled out at Calgary, AB 12-May-1998 in Garud Air c/s & repainted as 9N-AEM 26-May-1998

Garud Air, Kathmandu

Lumbini Airways, Kathmandu

Via Birmingham 22-Aug-1998 on delivery to Nepal

Yeti Airways, Kathmandu

Tara Air, Kathmandu

Change

Roll Out

F/Flight

Delivered

 

Sold

 

Sold

Sold

 

 

Reg’d

 

Not del’d

Sold

 

Sold

Transfer

Date

05-Apr-1979

21-Apr-1979

02-May-1979

 

Dec-1983

 

19-Sep-1985

18-Nov-1997

 

 

16-Dec-1997

 

May-1998

24-Jul-1998

 

1999

Apr-2010

29-May-2022 - Struck a mountainside at the 14,500 ft level while enroute from Pokara to Jomsom, Nepal. There were 22 fatalities.

Additional Historical Information

02-Apr-1984 Aircraft struck a tree approximately 200m from the runway threshold on landing at Quthing, Lesotho. While the aircraft remained controllable and landed safely, there was significant damage to the right wing. Repairable & returned to service.