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De Havilland DHC-6-300
N389EX
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1969
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
N310MA ► N389EX
Reg’n
N310MA
N310MA
N310MA
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N389EX
N389EX
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
MAC-Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa-locka, FL
Aircraft remained in Canada, in Executive Airlines c/s through Jun-1970
Executive Airlines, Boston, MA [National Energy Leasing]
Air America
Departed West Palm Beach, FL 20-Jan-1972
Received considerable damage to nose area at Ban-La, Laos 04-Feb-1974; repairable
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Delivered
Sold
Date
24-May-1969
24-Jun-1969
28-Jul-1969
11-Jun-1970
10-Jan-1972
28-Apr-1974 - Overshot runway, flipped and slid down embankment on landing at Sala Phou Koun, Laos. The wreckage was airlifted from the accident site to Vang Vieng by Air America CH-47C Chinook, and subsequently transported to Udorn, Thailand via C-130 Hercules. It was determined to be a total loss, and the registration was cancelled 02-July-1974 as “scrapped”
N389EX DHC-6-300 Executive Airlines Toronto-Int'l, ON Jun-1970 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©
N389EX DHC-6-300 Executive Airlines Toronto-Int'l, ON Jun-1970 Sheldon D. Benner Photo ©