619
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.