VH-EEG. Fairchild SA-226TC Metro IIA. c/n TC-349.

 

This aircraft was first flown as 'N1007U' - July 1980

Powered by Garrett Turbine TPE331-3 engines

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EEG - August 18, 1980

Registered to Northern Airlines (Operations) Pty Ltd

Northern Airlines ceased operations - February 6, 1981

The aircraft was ferried Tamworth - Melbourne (Essendon) for storage - July 20, 1981

Registered to Stillwell Aviation, Melbourne - ?

Leased to Kendell Airlines as the registered operator - August 1981

Returned to Stillwell Aviation at the end of the lease - December 1981

Sold to Teteboro Aircraft Services - January 1982

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 14, 1982

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N26583 - ?

Sold to Compagnie Aerienne du Languedoc - April 1982

Entered onto the French Aircraft Register as F-GDMR - ?

Transferred to Compagnie Air Littoral when the airlines merged - April 01, 1988

Sold to General Aviation Services Inc - January 13, 1994

Cancelled from the French Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N100ED - ?

Sold to Air Charters - April 1994

Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GIQI - April 26, 1994

Leased to Air Montreal as the registered operator - April 1994

Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - January 27, 2000

Sold to Ryan Blake Air Charter, Johannesburg, South Africa - July 2000

Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-OYI - September 05, 2000

The aircraft was destroyed when it crashed into the eastern slopes of Mt Kenya - July 19, 2003

It was operating a flight Nairobi - Samburu National Park

Twelve passengers and two crew members were killed