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De Havilland DHC-6-300
C-GKBC
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Registration History:
1979
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB [Borek Construction, Dawson Creek, BC]
Kenn Borek Air, Seattle, WA
ARAMCO-Arabian American Oil Company, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Via Reykjavík - Shoreham - Brindisi 24/25-Feb-1980 on delivery to Saudi Arabia
Via Cannes - London-Gatwick - Prestwick - Keflavík 07/09-Jan-1983 on return
Kenn Borek Air, Seattle, WA
Empire Airways, Coeur d'Alene, ID
Repainted in Empire Airways c/s at Calgary, AB Dec-1984 (from ARAMCO c/s)
Kenn Borek Air, Seattle, WA
Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB
Leading Edge Air Services, Missoula, MT
Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB
Harbour Air, Richmond, BC
Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB
Leading Edge Air Services, Missoula, MT
Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB
Harbour Air, Richmond, BC
Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB
Harbour Air, Richmond, BC
Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB
Harbour Air, Richmond, BC
Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB
Via Keflavík - Coventry - Heraklion 11-Sep-2004 on delivery to Maldives
Maldivian Air Taxi, Male
Via Luxor - Heraklion - Coventry - Reykjavík 28/30-Jan-2005 returning to Canada
Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB
Failed to get airborne on take-off from unprepared strip on Melville Island ice cap 15-Apr-2010;
repairable
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Transfer
Leased
Returned
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Date
Nov-1979
13-Nov-1979
30-Nov-1979
19-Feb-1980
22-Feb-1980
10-Jan-1983
May-1983
Dec-1991
28-Feb-1992
May-1992
24-Sep-1992
22-May-1993
18-Jun-1993
Jun-1993
1993
14-May-1996
Oct-1996
Apr-1997
Oct-1997
Mar-2001
Sep-2001
Sep-2004
Jan-2005
23-Jan-2013 - The aircraft was operating a positioning flight from the Amundsen-Scott Station to the Italian Zuchelli Station at Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica when it struck Mount Elizabeth at the 3,900 metre (ASL) level. The weather at the time of the crash was heavy snow with winds of up to 170 km/hr; there were three fatalities.
N55921 DHC-6-300 Empire Airways Oakland, CA Jan-1987 Seymour Hills Photo ©
C-GKBC DHC-6-300 Kenn Borek Air Calgary-Int'l, AB Mar-1992 Dave Dunsmore Photo ©
C-GKBC DHC-6-300 Leading Edge Air Services Calgary-Int'l, AB May-1992 Dave Dunsmore Photo ©
C-GKBC DHC-6-300 Kenn Borek Air Calgary-Int'l, AB May-1993 Anthony J. Hickey Photo ©
C-GKBC DHC-6-300 Kenn Borek Air Vancouver-Harbour, BC Aug-2004 Erik Johannesson Photo ©
C-GKBC DHC-6-300 Kenn Borek Air Moraine Valley Date/Photographer Unknown
C-GKBC DHC-6-300 Aklak Air Tuktoyaktuk, NT 05-Jun-2010 Jim Bob Malone Photo ©
C-GKBC DHC-6-300 Aklak Air Location/Date Unknown Teemu Tuuri Photo ©
C-GKBC DHC-6-300 Kenn Borek Air Air-to-Air Date Unknown Christophe Sandoz Photo ©
C-GKBC DHC-6-300 Aklak Air Antarctica Date/Photographer Unknown
C-GKBC DHC-6-300 Aklak Air Antarctica Date/Photographer Unknown