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De Havilland DHC-6-300
JDFT-6
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1977
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
JDFT-6
Reg’n
JDFT-6
JDFT-6
JDFT-6
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Jamaica Defence Force, Kingston
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Date
Apr-1977
28-Apr-1977
16-May-1977
17-May-1978 - While practicing an approach and landing with a simulated engine failure the aircraft crashed on a cricket pitch to the west of the airstrip. There were two fatalities.
JDFT-6 DHC-6-300 Jamaica Defence Force Opa-locka, FL May-1977 Nigel Chalcraft Photo ©