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De Havilland DHC-6-300

C-FJVT

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1979

DHC-6-300

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27

G-BGPC ► C-FJVT

Reg’n

G-BGPC

G-BGPC

G-BGPC

G-BGPC

G-BGPC

G-BGPC

C-FJVT

Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

Loganair, Glasgow

Arrived Glasgow on delivery 25-Aug-1979

Metropolitan Airways, Bournemouth

Loganair, Glasgow

Loganair, Glasgow [Nordic Oil Services]

Viking Air Ltd., Sidney, BC

Change

Roll Out

F/Flight

Delivered

 

Leased

Returned

Reg'd

Reg’d

Date

17-Jul-1979

Jul-1979

23-Aug-1979

 

24-May-1982

 

04-Jul-1983

29-Oct-2010

12-Jun-1986 - Collided with rising ground in the vicinity of Laphroaig, while on approach to Port Ellen in poor visibility. Subsequent investigation determined that Laphroaig had been incorrectly identified as Port Ellen in the deteriorating weather conditions.

Additional Historical Information

The aircraft wreckage was acquired by Newcal Aviation and was initially transported to Teterboro, NJ - it was later transported to Calgary, AB and finally to Victoria, BC after being acquired by Viking Air. It was registered to Viking on 29-Oct-2010 as C-FJVT.