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De Havilland DHC-6-300
C-GKBM (1)
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1974
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
C-GBDR ► (TY-. . . ) ► C-GKBM (1)
Reg’n
C-GBDR
C-GBDR
C-GBDR
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C-GKBM
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C-GKBM
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB [Borek Construction, Dawson Creek, BC]
Lost engine power and crash landed near Tuktoyaktuk, NT 18-Aug-1984; repairable
Wreckage recovered and transported to Calgary, AB; registration cancelled Jan-1985
Kenn Borek Air, Calgary, AB
Rolled out 16-Dec-1987 after rebuild, in full Benintair c/s
Benintair, Cotonou
Empire Airlines, Coeur d'Alene, ID
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Reg'd
Not Del
Leased
Date
Apr-1974
02-May-1974
11-May-1974
06-Jan-1988
Jan-1988
Apr-1988
14-Jul-1988 - Only seven months after being rebuilt from its 1984 crash, the aircraft flew into the side of Battle Creek Mountain while operating a U.S. Forest Service flight from Redmond, OR to John Day, OR. The investigation determined the probable cause as acute in-flight incapacitation by the single pilot.
C-GBDR DHC-6-300 Kenn Borek Air Anchorage-Merrell, AK Jun-1979 John Kimberley Photo ©
C-GBDR DHC-6-300 Kenn Borek Air Calgary-Int'l, AB Jan-1980 Michael J. Ody Photo
C-GBDR DHC-6-300 Kenn Borek Air Seattle-Boeing Field, WA Aug-1984 Peter Kirkup Photo ©
C-GKBM DHC-6-300 Benintair Calgary-Int'l, AB Dec-1987 Anthony J. Hickey Photo ©