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De Havilland DHC-6-100
PK-NUC
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1967
DHC-6-100
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
International Civil Aviation Organization
Operated by Merpati Nusantara on behalf of Funds of the United Nations for the Development of West Irian (FUNDWI)
Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Jakarta
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Transfer
Date
14-Sep-1967
23-Sep-1967
29-Sep-1967
Aug-1971
28-Feb-1973 - Crashed 28 miles east of Nabire, Papua, Indonesia; no further details except that there were 13 fatalities. The accident picture below is not that of the crash – this picture was earlier, and there is no record of it occurring.
PK-NUC DHC-6-100 FUNDWI Location/Date/Photographer Unknown
PK-NUC DHC-6-100 Merpati Nusantara Bankstown, NSW 24-Oct-1970 David Carter Photo ©