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De Havilland DHC-6-300 Vistaliner

N76GC

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1969

DHC-6-300

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27

N386EX ► N76GC

Reg’n

N386EX

N386EX

N386EX

N386EX

N386EX

N386EX

N386EX

N386EX

N76GC

Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

MAC-Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa-locka, FL

Executive Airlines, Boston, MA

Air New England, Boston, MA

Frontier Airlines, Denver, CO

Air New England, Boston, MA

Forced landing nr Unity, ME after losing elevator assembly on departure; repairable

Air New England ceased operations 31-Oct-1981

Withdrawn from use & stored at Marana, AZ & noted there 05-Nov-1981

Grand Canyon Airlines, Grand Canyon, AZ

Grand Canyon Airlines, Grand Canyon, AZ

Change

Roll Out

F/Flight

Delivered

Delivered

Sold

Leased

Returned

 

 

 

Sold

Re-reg'd

Date

07-Jun-1969

13-Jun-1969

27-Jun-1969

27-Jun-1969

1972

15-Oct-1972

16-Dec-1972

 

 

 

30-Mar-1982

Sep-1982

18-Jun-1986 - While operating sightseeing flight from Grand Canyon, AZ the aircraft collided with Bell Jet Ranger N6TC at an altitude of 6,500 feet in the vicinity of the Tonto Plateau. There were no survivors of the 20 persons onboard.