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De Havilland DHC-6-100
C-FAWC
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-100
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
N204E ► CF-AWC ► C-FAWC
Reg’n
N204E
N204E
N204E
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CF-AWC
CF-AWC
CF-AWC
CF-AWC
C-FAWC
C-FAWC
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C-FAWC
C-FAWC
C-FAWC
C-FAWC
C-FAWC
C-FAWC
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Executive Airlines, Boston, MA
Damaged in hard landing at Martha’s Vineyard, MA 25-Aug-1968; repairable
Noted at Downsview 13-Nov-1971 to 15-Dec-1971
Executive filed for bankruptcy protection 11-Dec-1971
Air West Airlines, Richmond, BC
Bradley Air Services, Carp, ON
Air West Airlines, Richmond, BC
Airwest Airlines, Richmond, BC
Airwest Airlines, Richmond, BC
Air BC, Richmond, BC
Damaged following rejected take-off at Victoria Harbour, BC 12-Dec-1980; repairable
Repaired by Rocky Mountain Aircraft, and returned to service by May-1981
North Cariboo Flying Service, Fort St. John, BC
Williston Lake Air Services, Mackenzie, BC
North Cariboo Flying Service, Fort St. John, BC
Liard Air, Muncho Lake, BC
North Cariboo Flying Service, Fort St. John, BC
Liard Air, Muncho Lake, BC
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Sold
Leased
Returned
Renamed
Re-reg'd
Merged
Sold
Leased
Returned
Leased
Returned
Sold
Date
09-Feb-1968
04-Mar-1968
13-Mar-1968
Dec-1971
May-1977
May-1978
Apr-1979
Mar-1980
01-Dec-1980
06-Mar-1989
26-Nov-1991
16-Mar-1993
23-May-2001
28-Aug-2001
06-Dec-2001
08-Jul-2007 - Crashed on take-off from a gravel airstrip adjacent to the Northern Rockies Lodge at Muncho Lake, BC. Subsequent investigation determined that at its operating weight the aircraft lacked sufficient performance to clear the obstacles at the end of the 950ft runway. The aircraft was destroyed by post impact fire, there was one fatality and four injured.
CF-AWC DHC-6-100 Executive Airlines c/s Downsview, ON 14-Nov-1971 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
CF-AWC DHC-6-100 Air West Airlines Vancouver-Int'l, BC 15-Nov-1975 K.I. Swartz Photo ©
CF-AWC DHC-6-100 Air West Airlines Abbotsford, BC Date/Photographer Unknown ©
CF-AWC DHC-6-100 Air West Airlines Vancouver-Int'l, BC 31-Dec-1977 K.I. Swartz Photo ©
C-FAWC DHC-6-100 Airwest Airlines Vancouver-Harbour, BC Aug-1979 John Kimberley Photo ©
C-FAWC DHC-6-100 Airwest Airlines Vancouver-Harbour, BC Sep-1979 K.I. Swartz Photo ©
C-FAWC DHC-6-100 Air BC Vancouver-Int'l, BC Dec-1985 John Kimberley Photo ©
C-FAWC DHC-6-100 Air BC Vancouver-Int'l, BC Oct-1987 John Kimberley Photo ©
C-FAWC DHC-6-100 North Cariboo Air Fort St. John, BC Aug-1991 Erik Johannesson Photo ©
C-FAWC DHC-6-100 Williston Lake Air Vancouver-Int'l, BC Sep-1992 John Kimberley Photo ©
C-FAWC DHC-6-100 Liard Air Vancouver-Int'l, BC 15-Apr-2007 Mike Head Photo ©