250
De Havilland DHC-6-300
P2-MMU
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1969
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
CF-JCS ► C-FJCS ► N250CM ► ZK-OTR ► YJ-RV8 ► P2-RDX ► P2-MMU
Reg’n
CF-JCS
CF-JCS
CF-JCS
CF-JCS
CF-JCS
CF-JCS
CF-JCS
■
C-FJCS
C-FJCS
N250CM
■
N250CM
■
ZK-OTR
■
YJ-RV8
P2-RDX
■
■
P2-MMU
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Northward Aviation, Edmonton, AB [J.C. Sproule Associates, Edmonton, AB]
Northward Aviation, Edmonton, AB [J.C. Sproule Associates, Edmonton, AB]
Northward Airlines, Edmonton, AB [J.C. Sproule Associates, Edmonton, AB]
J.C. Sproule Associates, Edmonton, AB
Gateway Aviation, Edmonton, AB
Broke through ice, and became partially submerged while taxiing on Great Slave Lake at Yellowknife NT
Apr-1978
Gateway Aviation, Edmonton, AB
Gateway Aviation, Edmonton, AB [Crowley Maritime, Oakland, CA]
Crowley Maritime, Oakland, CA
Noted at Anchorage, AK 15-Jun-1979, and Seattle-Boeing Field, WA 30-Oct-1979
Jim York
Via Oakland, CA 11-Nov-1985 – arrived Auckland 22-Nov-1985 & to Ashburton on delivery same day
Coast Air, Greymouth “The Province of Westland” [Ashburton Aviation Services dba]
Entered service 17-Jan-1986 Greymouth-Christchurch
Air Melanesiæ, Port Vila
Talair, Goroka
Parked at Goroka 25-May-1993, ferried to Cairns & Mareeba, QLD 09-Jul-1993 for storage
Ferried to Brisbane, QLD 12-Jun-1995 for maintenance by Flight West Airlines
Goroka Air Service, Goroka
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Sold
Delivered
Renamed
Returned
Sold
Re-Reg'd
Sold
Returned
Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg'd
Reg'd
Date
Jun-1969
28-Jun-1969
25-Jun-1969
15-Jul-1969
19-May-1972
Apr-1975
27-May-1975
22-Jan-1979
24-Apr-1979
08-Nov-1985
22-Nov-1985
09-Apr-1987
23-Aug-1989
27-Oct-1995
18-Jul-1997 - The aircraft collided with mountainside at 7,400ft level while descending into Goroka in poor visibility. There were two fatalities.
Additional Historical Information
There are reports indicating this aircraft carried the registration VH-FNS circa mid-1995, however there is no supporting documentation.
Further details of Apr-1978 accident:
Broke through ice, becoming partially submerged while taxiing on Great Slave Lake at Yellowknife NT. During the recovery operation the aircraft was dropped by the helicopter lifting it off the ice, sustaining further damage. It was repaired, and returned to service.
CF-JCS DHC-6-300 Northward Aviation Downsview, ON Jun-1969 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
CF-JCS DHC-6-300 Northward Aviation Downsview, ON Jul-1969 William Haines Photo ©
CF-JCS DHC-6-300 Northward Aviation Toronto-Island, ON Jul-1969 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
CF-JCS DHC-6-300 Gateway Aviation Edmonton-Municipal, AB Jun-1977 John Kimberley Photo ©
CF-JCS DHC-6-300 Gateway Aviation Edmonton-Municipal, AB Jun-1977 John Kimberley Photo ©
CF-JCS DHC-6-300 Gateway Aviation Edmonton-Municipal, AB Jun-1977 John Kimberley Photo ©
CF-JCS DHC-6-300 Gateway Aviation Great Slave Lake, NT Apr-1978 Yvette Schreder Photo ©
CF-JCS DHC-6-300 Gateway Aviation Great Slave Lake, NT Apr-1978 Photographer Unknown
CF-JCS DHC-6-300 Gateway Aviation Great Slave Lake, NT Apr-1978 Photographer Unknown
CF-JCS DHC-6-300 Gateway Aviation Edmonton-Municipal, AB Date Unknown John Kimberley Photo ©
N250CM DHC-6-300 Crowley Maritime Inc. Anchorage, AK Jun-1979 John Kimberley Photo ©
ZK-OTR DHC-6-300 Coast Air Ashburton Dec-1985 Richard Currie Photo ©
YJ-RV8 DHC-6-300 Air Melanesiæ Port Vila Jan-1988 Joe Barr Photo ©
P2-RDX DHC-6-300 Talair Mareeba, QLD Oct-1993 Peter Keating Photo ©
P2-RDX DHC-6-300 Talair Mareeba, QLD Date/Photographer Unknown
P2-MMU DHC-6-300 Goroka Air Services Cairns, QLD Date Unknown Steve in Cairns Photo ©