VH-IVI. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311. c/n 261.

Was also registered as: B-15209; N379DC; N327EN.

 

This aircraft was ordered by - ?

Rolled out at Downsview in primer - January 28, 1991

Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 turboprop engines

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as 'C-CETI' - January 28, 1991

Registered to de Havilland Canada Inc, Downsview, Ontario, Canada

First flown at Toronto (Downsview) as 'C-CETI' - ?

Accepted by Great China Airlines at Toronto (Downsview) - March 1991

Departed Toronto (Downsview) on the delivery flight to Taipei - March 1991

Cancelled from Canadian Aircraft Register - March 26, 1991

Entered onto the Taiwanese Aircraft Register as B-15209 - March 1991

Withdrawn from service in preparation for lease to Eastern Australia Airlines - December 1997

Cancelled from the Taiwanese Aircraft Register - December 1997

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-IVI - December 24, 1997

Registered to Eastern Australia Airlines Pty Ltd

Departed Taipei on the ferry flight to Australia - January 05, 1998

Ferry route: Taipei - Davao - Ambon - Darwin - Mount Isa - Tamworth

It was observed at Tamworth in the basic Great China Airlines livery - January 11, 1998

It was decided that this aircraft would not enter service

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N379DC - February 18, 1998

Registered to Bombardier Capital Corporation, Colchester, Vermont

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - February 24, 1998

Sold to de Havilland Corporation - February 26, 1998

The aircraft remained stored at Tamworth - September 2000

Departed Tamworth on the ferry flight to the United States - September 30 - October 03, 2000

Ferry route: Tamworth - Townsville - Majuro - Hololulu - Stockton

It was observed at Calgary in the US Air Express livery - January 31, 2001

The United States Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) issued - March 20, 2001

Registered to de Havilland Corporation, Canada - March 23, 2001

Leased to Piedmont Airlines Inc, Salisbury, Maryland, as the registered operator

Piedmont Airlines operated services for US Airways Express

The aircraft was reregistered as N327EN - May 22, 2001

Registered to BoC - Nordic Aviation

Leased to Piedmont Airlines Inc, Salisbury, Maryland, as the registered operator

Registered to Wells Fargo Trust CO NA Trustee, Salt Lake City - December 04, 2006

Leased to Piedmont Airlines Inc, Salisbury, Maryland, as the registered operator

It was obsereved at Charlotte in the US Airways Express livery - December 02, 2013

Piedmont Airlines ceased to operate services for US Airways Express - December 08, 2013

Piedmont Airlines commences to operate services for American Eagle - December 09, 2013

Sold to Piedmont Airlines by Elix Aviation Capital - July 2014

Operated its last Piedmont revenue service New Bern - Charlotte - Roanoke - July 04, 2018

Ferried Roanoke - Salisbury for storage in the basic American Eagle livery - July 05, 2018

Current status - ?