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De Havilland DHC-6-300

RAN-26

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1988

DHC-6-300

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27

C-FDKZ ► RAN-26

Reg’n

C-FDKZ

C-FDKZ

C-FDKZ

C-FDKZ

RAN-26

Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

Etty Aerospace Sales, Toronto, ON

Flown to Collingwood, ON for storage; returned to Toronto, ON 24-Nov-1989 in Nepal Army c/s

Royal Nepal Army, Kathmandu

Royal Nepal Army, Kathmandu

Change

Roll Out

F/Flight

Delivered

 

Delivered

Reg'd

Date

05-Dec-1988

?

30-Dec-1988

 

29-Nov-1989

01-Feb-1990

10-Jul-1991 - Flew into a wooded hillside at the 5,800ft level approximately 10 minutes after take-off from Surkhet. Investigation suggested that an incorrect altimeter setting had been used. There were three fatalities.