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De Havilland DHC-6-100 ► DHC-6-200HG
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Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-100
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 ► Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
SLM-Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij, Paramaribo
West Coast Air Services, Richmond, BC
Island Airlines, Campbell River, BC
Airwest Airlines, Richmond, BC
Air BC, Richmond, BC
Skywest Aviation, Claresholm, AB
Operated by SkySports Skydiving, Claresholm, AB
Air BC, Richmond, BC
Echo Bay Mines, Edmonton, AB
Air BC, Richmond, BC
Damaged in hard landing at Victoria Harbour, BC 20-Feb-1989; repairable
Via barge & road transport to Vancouver 23-Feb-1989 and withdrawn from use
Via road to Springbank, AB for rebuilding by Rocky Mountain Aircraft
Air BC, Richmond, BC
Pacific Coastal Airlines, Richmond, BC
Flew Vancouver, BC - Port Hardy, BC 20-Aug-1992 on delivery
Air BC, Richmond, BC
Flew Port Hardy, BC - Vancouver, BC 13-Oct-1992 on return
Pacific Coastal Airlines, Richmond, BC
Flew Vancouver, BC - Port Hardy, BC 12-Feb-1993 on delivery
Air BC, Richmond, BC
Flew Port Hardy, BC - Vancouver, BC 13-May-1993 on return
Withdrawn from use & stored at Vancouver, BC 26-Aug-1995
West Coast Air, Vancouver, BC
Remained withdrawn from use at Vancouver until made airworthy in May-1997
West Coast Air, Vancouver, BC
Flew Vancouver, BC - Murrieta, CA for overhaul by Ikhana Group circa Q2 2012
Converted to DHC-6-200HG by Ikhana Group at their Murrieta facility
Flew Murrieta, CA - Redding, CA - Vancouver, BC 10-Nov-2012 following upgrade
West Coast Air, Vancouver, BC
Harbour Air, Richmond, BC [West Coast Air, Vancouver, BC]
Harbour Air, Richmond, BC
Flew Vancouver-Int’l, BC - Calgary-Int’l, AB 01-Dec-2019 with titles/logos overpainted
Regent Aircraft Services, Calgary, AB
Withdrawn from use & parked at Calgary-Int’l, AB
Regent Aircraft Services, Calgary, AB
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Sold
NTU
Leased
Merged
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Returned
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Sold
In service
In service
Transfer
Reg'd
Del’d
Reg’d
Date
15-Dec-1967
06-Jan-1968
05-Mar-1968
02-May-1979
10-May-1979
Apr-1980
01-Dec-1980
Jul-1983
1983
27-Jul-1983
23-Sep-1983
Dec-1989
20-Aug-1992
13-Oct-1992
12-Feb-1993
13-May-1993
26-Feb-1996
05-May-1997
Jan-2013
Mar-2016
03-Jan-2017
01-Dec-2019
21-Feb-2024
PZ-TAV DHC-6-100 Surinam Airways Zorg en Hoop Jan-1976 Photographer Unknown
C-GQKN DHC-6-100 West Coast Air Vancouver-Harbour, BC Nov-1979 K.I. Swartz Photo ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-100 Air BC Vancouver-Int'l, BC Mar-1981 John Kimberley Photo
C-GQKN DHC-6-100 Air BC Vancouver-Int'l, BC Jun-1982 John Kimberley Photo ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-100 Skywest Aviation Claresholm, AB Sep-1983 Anthony J. Hickey Photo ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-100 Air BC Vancouver-Int'l, BC Dec-1985 John Kimberley Photo ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-100 Air BC Vancouver-Int'l, BC Date Unknown Erik Johanneson Photo ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-100 Air BC Vancouver-Int'l, BC Date Unknown John Kimberley Photo ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-100 Air BC Vancouver-Int'l, BC Mar-1989 Erik Johannesson Photo ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-100 Air BC Vancouver-Int'l, BC Mar-1989 John Kimberley Photo ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-100 Air BC Vancouver-Int'l, BC May-1990 John Kimberley Photo ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-100 West Coast Air Victoria-Harbour May-1998 Photographer Unknown ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-100 West Coast Air Kingman, AZ 10-Apr-2008 EF0048 Photo ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-100 Westcoast Air Victoria-Harbour, BC Jun-2009 Dietmar Schreiber Photo ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-200HG Westcoast Air Vancouver-Harbour, BC 19-Mar-2013 Thomas Woodtli Photo ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-200HG Westcoast Air Vancouver-Harbour, BC 12-Sep-2014 K.I. Swartz Photo ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-200HG Harbour Air Vancouver-Harbour, BC 25-May-2016 Scott McGeachy Photo ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-200HG Harbour Air Vancouver-Harbour, BC 16-Sep-2016 John Olafson Photo ©
C-GQKN DHC-6-200HG Regent Aircraft Services Calgary-Int'l, AB 02-Dec-2019 Steve Sheehey Photo ©