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De Havilland DHC-6-300

VP-FBB

Year of Manufacture:

Built as:

Engine Installation:

Registration History:

1982

DHC-6-300

Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27

C-GDKL (3) ► VP-FBB

Reg’n

C-GDKL

C-GDKL

VP-FBB

VP-FBB

VP-FBB

VP-FBB

VP-FBB

Operator [Owner]

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON

Handed over to BAS but remained in Canada until arriving at Fairoaks, UK on 01-Jun-1982

British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge

Jersey European Airways, Jersey

British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge

SPRI-Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge

British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge

Crashed on landing at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica 07-Nov-2003; repairable

Change

Roll Out

F/Flight

 

Delivered

Leased

Returned

Leased

Returned

Date

05-Mar-1982

 

 

19-Mar-1982

06-Jul-1982

02-Aug-1982

08-Apr-1983

10-May-1983

Additional Historical Information

Wreckage transported to Springbank, AB and noted there 09-Jun-2004; noted parked at Calgary 12-Sep-2005 after rebuild.