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De Havilland DHC-6-300
C-GTLA
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1979
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
C-GTLA
Reg’n
C-GTLA
C-GTLA
C-GTLA
Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Austin Airways, Timmins, ON
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Date
Jun-1979
20-Jun-1979
29-Jun-1979
23-Nov-1983 - Stuck a snow/ice covered lake surface 1,200 feet short of the runway at Lansdowne House. This was the second attempt to land at the airport in poor weather; the aircraft was operating a scheduled service from Sandy Lake, ON. There were 4 fatalities resulting from the post impact fire.
C-GTLA DHC-6-300 Austin Airways Geraldton, ON 01-Jun-1987 U. Klee Photo ©