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VH-SHW. de Havilland Canada DHC-6-320 Twin Otter. c/n 721.
This aircraft was originally ordered new by ? Rolled out at the de Havilland Canada Downsview plant - October 1980 First flown at Downsview - October 27, 1980 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 engines Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N999PG - ? Registered to ? Accepted by Etty Aerospace at Downsview, Ontario - November 18, 1980 Sold to Geosurvey International Inc, Denver, CO - November 23, 1980 The aircraft remained in the United States for extensive survey modifications prior to delivery to Geosurvey Observed at Prestwick (Scotland) en-route to the Geosurvey base in Nairbo, Kenya - May 08, 1983 Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-SHW - March 22, 1988 Registered to Dick Smith Adventures, Sydney t/a Australian Geographic Society The aircraft was named ' Sir Hubert Wilkins' Sold to World Jet Aircraft, Fort Lauderdale, Florida - December 1989 Sold to Air Seychelles, Mahe - February 10, 1990 The aircraft was named 'Isle of Freegate' Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 19, 1990 Entered onto the Seychelles Aircraft Register as S7-AAT - February 1990 Registered to Air Seychellles, Mahe Sold to Rossair Contracts, Lanseria, South Africa - February 28, 2002 Cancelled from the Seychelles Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-OVT - 2002 Registered to Roissair Cointracts, Lanseria Leased to Tassili Airlines, Algiers, Algeria - February 2003 The aircraft was reregistered as ZS-PNT - June 03, 2005 Registered to Aircraft Africa Contracts Lanseria, t/a Rossair Contracts Sold to CAAMS LLC, Rutherfordton, NC - 2009 Departed Lanseria on the ferry flight to the United States - December 01, 2009 Arrived Rutherfordton on completion of the ferry flight - December 09, 2009 Cancelled from the South African Aircraft Register - December 2009 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N149WJ - December 10, 2009 Registered to CAAMS LLC, Rutherfordton, NC Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - February 19, 2010 Sold to Transportes Aereos Terrestres, Tovoltita, Mexico - June 23, 2010 Entered onto the Mexican Aircraft Register as XA-UOA - 2010 Registered to Transportes Aereos Terrestres, Tovoltita, Mexico It was badly damaged in a take-off accident at Vista Hermose, Tequesquitengo, Mexico - December 22, 2014 The starboard wing struck a tree on the side of the take-off strip causing the aircraft to swing It struck some shipping containers causing the fuselage to break away aft of the main cabin door The aircraft was dismantled on site and shipped back to the Viking Air facility at Victoria, Canada - August 2015 Viking Air rebuilt the aircraft Returned to service in Mexico - May 2016 |
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VH-SHW. ANAR - in the standard livery at Sydney Bankstown Airport, October 1988. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1920-912.) |