HK-2889

606 DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300

Aircraft Status:

Damaged beyond economical repair

Registration History:

N46RA ■ HK-2889X ■ HK-2889

Update OR PHOTO TO CONTRIBUTE?

Airframe History Chronology

Reg'n

N46RA

■

N46RA

HK-2889X

HK-2889

Operator

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

Rio Airways, Killeen, TX

Damaged in forced landing immediately after take-off from Wichita Falls, TX 21-Sep-1980; repairable

Air Group Inc., Miami, FL

Aeroejecutivos, Medellin

Helicol-Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia S.A., Bogota [Air Group Inc., Miami, FL]

Dates

03-Jan-1979

19-Jan-1979

04-Apr-1983

1983

Mar-1984

Activity

Roll Out

F/Flight

Delivered

Leased

Sub-lsd

Sold

Re-reg'd

04-Jul-1991 Collided with mountainside on VFR approach to El Yopal, Colombia. The aircraft was approximately 5km from the airfield and some 20 degrees off approach track. There were three fatalities.