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De Havilland DHC-6-300
H4-SIA
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1968
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
N5218 ► VH-PGT ► CF-JJI ► AP-AXH ► N9090Z ► H4-SIA ► VH-NIO ► H4-SIA
Reg’n
N5218
N5218
N5218
■
VH-PGT
CF-JJI
AP-AXH
■
■
N9090Z
N9090Z
N9090Z
H4-SIA
VH-NIO
H4-SIA
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Floair Inc., Wichita, KS
Ferry contractor for delivery flight to Australia
Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea, Lae
Bannock Aerospace, Toronto, ON
AMOCO Pakistan Petroleum Exploration
Noted however at Sydney-Bankstown during Jan-1974 still in full Ansett c/s, painted as CF-JJI
Canadian registration cancelled 15-Feb-1974
AMOCO Drilling Services, Houston, TX
AMOCO Gabon Exploration Company, London, UK
Jack Wall Aircraft Sales, Memphis, TN
Solair-Solomon Islands Airways, Honiara
Norfolk Pacific Aviation, Burnt Pine
Solair-Solomon Islands Airways, Honiara
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Delivered
Sold
Sold
Transfer
Transfer
Sold
Sold
Leased
Returned
Date
Dec-1969
17-Dec-1969
22-Dec-1969
03-Feb-1970
26-Nov-1973
Dec-1973
24-Aug-1981
Apr-1984
05-Jan-1987
27-Aug-1987
03-Jul-1989
02-Oct-1990
27-Sep-1991 - Collided with Mount Nashua at the 4,000ft level in heavy rain and low cloud, while descending from 8,000ft. The aircraft was en route from Kirakira to Honiara, and there were 15 fatalities
N5218 DHC-6-300 Floair Inc. Location Unknown Jan-1970 Photographer Unknown
VH-PGT DHC-6-300 Ansett PNG Location Unknown 21-Oct-1970 Peter Keating Photo ©
VH-PGT DHC-6-300 Ansett PNG Bankstown, NSW 30-Oct-1973 Fred J. Barnes Photo ©
VH-NIO DHC-6-300 Norfolk Pacific Aviation Cairns, QLD 14-Oct-1969 Peter Keating Photo ©
VH-NIO DHC-6-300 Norfolk Pacific Aviation Cairns, QLD 14-Oct-1969 Peter Keating Photo ©
VH-NIO DHC-6-300 Norfolk Pacific Aviation Cairns, QLD 13-Oct-1969 Peter Keating Photo ©
H4-SIA DHC-6-300 Solomon Airlines Munda May-1991 Photographer Unknown
H4-SIA DHC-6-300 Solomon Airlines Air-to-Air Date/Photographer Unknown