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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:57-6169 US
    Construction Number:1276
    Last Civil Registration:C-GJZE
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-6A sn 57-6169...
    Latest Owner or Location:Cbe Construction Ltd, Coal Harbour, BC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an U-6A.

    6 November 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 57-6169.

    From 4 March 1975 to By January 1981

    To Washoe Cnty Civil Defense Disaster Agency, Reno, NV with new c/r N87780.

    By May 1981

    To James K. Olson, Wollaston Lake, SK with new c/r C-GJZE.

    17 December 1981

    Civil registration, N87780, cancelled.

    1983

    To Buffalo Narrows Airways Ltd, Buffalo Narrows, SK keeping c/r C-GJZE.

    1986

    To Carl P. Ryharchuk, Saskatoon, SK keeping c/r C-GJZE.

    1988


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver Mk. 1 - Wagair (Waglisla Airlines) at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in September 1988

    1 June 1988

    To Jim Pattinson Industries, Vancouver, BC keeping c/r C-GJZE.

    18 December 1990

    To Trans-Provincial Airlines, Prince Rupert, BC keeping c/r C-GJZE.

    5 November 1992

    To CBE Construction Ltd, Coal Harbour, BC keeping c/r C-GJZE.

    25 August 2005

    To Cbe Construction Ltd, Coal Harbour, BC keeping c/r C-GJZE.

    21 May 2010

    Involved in an incident.
    The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) advised that an Air Cab DHC-2 Beaver C-GJZE flipped on landing at Rivers Inlet BC at approximately 08:25 PDT on May 20, 2010. The pilot, who was the sole person onboard, exited from the aircraft prior to it sinking. There were no reports of injuries.

    17 September 2012


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At Coal Harbour Seaplane base

    Recovered and rebuilt at Sealand Aviation, Campbell River, BC during the Summer of 2010.
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     DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
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     Terry Fletcher
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