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De Havilland DHC-6-300

H4-OTA

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1968

DHC-6-300

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27

9V-BCJ ► XW-PHP ► 9V-BCJ ► ZS-JEU ► 7P-AAE ► VR-CAV ► VH-AQB ► P2-GVI ► VH-FNT ► H4-FNT ► VH-FNT ► H4-FNT ► P2-MCV ► H4-OTA

Reg’n

9V-BCJ

9V-BCJ

9V-BCJ

XW-PHP

9V-BCJ

ZS-JEU

ZS-JEU

7P-AAE

VR-CAV

VH-AQB

VH-AQB

P2-GVI

VH-FNT

VH-FNT

VH-FNT

H4-FNT

VH-FNT

VH-FNT

VH-FNT

VH-FNT

VH-FNT

VH-FNT

VH-FNT

H4-FNT

H4-FNT

P2-MCV

H4-OTA

H4-OTA

H4-OTA

Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

Saber Air, Singapore-Seletar [Air Charter Enterprises, Singapore]

Continental Air Services, Vientiane

Saber Air, Singapore-Seletar [Air Charter Enterprises, Singapore]

De Beers Consolidated Mining, Kimberley

Anglo American Corporation, Kimberley

Damaged at Letsing Mine airfield, Lesotho 08-Dec-1977; repairable

Anglo American Corporation, Maseru

Omni Aircraft Sales, Grand Cayman

Flew via Nice & Lyon, France 06-Apr-1981 to Fairoaks, UK

Remained parked at Fairoaks through to 14-Jan-1982 when it flew to Australia on delivery

Air Queensland, Cairns, QLD

Australian Airlines, Melbourne, VIC

Left runway at Dunk Island and collided with trees during take-off in strong crosswinds 18-Nov-1988

Wreckage transported to Brisbane, QLD Jan-1989 & remained unrepaired in hangar

Wreckage transported via sea container to Goroka, Papua New Guinea Feb-1989 for Talair

Talair, Goroka

Rolled out 26-Dec-1992 after repair, test flown 17-Feb-1993

Talair ceased ops 25-May-1993; parked at Goroka until 12-Jul-1993 when it flew Goroka-Daru-Cairns

Withdrawn from use & stored at Mareeba, QLD

Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD

Royal Australian Air Force

Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD

Solomon Airlines, Honiara

Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD

Hevilift, Waigani, PNG

Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD

Hevilift, Waigani, PNG

Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD

Cape York Air, Cairns, QLD

Flight West Airlines, Eagle Farm, QLD

Solomon Airlines, Honiara

Solomon Airlines, Honiara

Airlines PNG, Port Moresby

Solomon Airlines, Honiara

Flew Port Moresby, PNG - Buka, PNG - Honiara, Solomons 26-Oct-2013 on delivery

Air Kiribati, Tarawa

Last service for Air Kiribati 15-Nov-2021 Tabiteuea - Tarawa & ferried to Honiara 23-Nov-2021 on return

Solomon Airlines, Honiara

Entered service 25-Nov-2021 Honiara - Munda

Change

Roll Out

F/Flight

Delivered

Leased

Returned

Sold

Transfer

 

Re-Reg'd

Sold

 

 

Reg'd

Merged

 

 

 

Reg'd

 

 

 

Reg'd

Leased

Returned

Leased

Returned

Leased

Returned

Leased

Returned

Leased

Returned

Leased

Sold

Sold

Delivered

Leased

Returned 

Date

1970

1970

24-Apr-1970

06-Aug-1971

Oct-1974

Dec-1974

Dec-1974

 

08-Nov-1980

Apr-1981

 

 

28-Feb-1982

30-Apr-1988

 

 

 

26-Dec-1992

 

 

 

01-Jun-1995

Jun-1995

Sep-1995

Feb-1996

30-Aug-1996

09-Sep-1996

10-Dec-1996

15-Mar-1997

23-Jul-1997

23-Jul-1997

13-Oct-1997

06-Dec-1997

2001

23-Dec-2009

26-Oct-2013

by Jul-2021

23-Nov-2021