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De Havilland DHC-6-300
8Q-TAK
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1979
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
9N-ABQ ► 9N-AKM ► N106WF ► 8Q-ISB ► HB-LYC ► 8Q-TAK
Reg’n
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9N-ABQ
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8Q-TAK
8Q-TAK
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Royal Nepal Airlines, Kathmandu [Nepal Airlines Corporation]
Via Reykjavík - Jersey 06-Jan-1980 on delivery
Landed hard at Phaplu, Nepal and sustained damage to nose gear 31-May-1997; repairable
Landed hard at Nepalganj, Nepal and sustained damage to nose gear 19-Aug-2002; repairable
Withdrawn from use & parked at Kathmandu from 2002 to 2012
Tara Air, Kathmandu
Overhauled at Kathmandu and test flown on 10-May-2012 prior to re entry into service
Left runway on line-up at Jomsom, Nepal following nose-gear linkage failure 19-Aug-2012; repairable
Left wing struck rocks adjacent to rwy while on take-off from Juphal, Nepal 21-Sep-2012; repairable
Tara Air, Kathmandu
Aerostar Bravo Ltd., Singapore [Southern Aircraft Consultancy Trustee]
Flew Kathmandu - Ahmadabad - Al Ain - Hurghada - Dubrovnik - Altenrhein 13/18-Feb-2016 on delivery
Flew Altenrhein - Nis - Hurghada - Muscat - Male 01/04-Oct-2016 on delivery to Island Aviation
Island Aviation Services, Male
Crashed on landing in Hulhumale Lagoon, Male 04-Oct-2017; wreckage to Switzerland for repair
Zimex Aviation, Glattbrugg
Rebuilding completed by Jan-2019 & noted at Altenrhein in full Four Seasons Maldives c/s
Flew Altenrhein/St. Gallen - Heraklion - Al Ain - Muscat - Male 11/14-Jan-2019
Swiss registration cancelled 14-Jan-2019 to Maldives
Trans Maldivian Airways, Male
Trans Maldivian Airways, Male [Landaa Giraavaru Pvt Ltd.]
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Leased
Re-reg'd
Reg'd
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Date
Nov-1979
29-Nov-1979
12-Dec-1979
03-Jan-2012
Jun-2015
29-Jan-2016
24-Oct-2016
25-Oct-2018
14-Jan-2019
23-Jan-2019
Historical Photo Gallery
9N-ABQ DHC-6-300 Royal Nepal Airlines Toronto-Int'l, ON Jan-1980 Photographer Unknown
9N-ABQ DHC-6-300 Royal Nepal Airlines Kathmandu Date Unknown Kurt Roth Photo ©
9N-ABQ DHC-6-300 Royal Nepal Airlines Kathmandu 04-Feb-2009 Steve Homewood Photo ©
9N-ABQ DHC-6-300 Yeti Air Jomsom Date Unknown Nepal Trekking Photo ©
9N-AKM DHC-6-300 Tara Air Kathmandu Date Unknown AircraftCanada Photo ©
N106WF DHC-6-300 Island Aviation Services Nis 02-Oct-2016 Worldwide Ferry Photo ©
8Q-ISB DHC-6-300 Island Aviation Services Kanifinolhu Date Unknown Club Med Photo ©
8Q-ISB DHC-6-300 Island Aviation Services Male 14-Oct-2016 Maldivian CAA Photo
HB-LYC DHC-6-300 Trans Maldivian Airways Altenrhein/Saint Gallen Jan-2019 Roland Büsser Photo ©
8Q-TAK DHC-6-300 Trans Maldivian Airways Landaa Giraavaru Date Unknown Four Seasons Photo
8Q-TAK DHC-6-300 Trans Maldivian Airways Landaa Giraavaru Date Unknown Four Seasons Photo