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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-6/UV-18/CC-138 Twin Otter
    Latest Model:DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
    Construction Number:721
    Last Civil Registration:C-GIWD
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 cn 72...
    Latest Owner or Location:The Craig Evan Corporation (flightexec), London, ON

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    Dates

    Event

    1980

    Constructed as a DHC-6-300.

    23 November 1980

    To Geosurvey International, Denver, CA with new c/r N999PG.

    After May 1983

    Based in Nairobi, Kernya.

    24 February 1988

    To Australian Geographic Society with new c/r VH-SHW.
    Operated with markings: Sir Hubert Wilkins

    9 March 1988

    Civil registration, N999PG, cancelled.

    29 June 1988


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia

    10 December 1990

    To Air Seychelles with new c/r S7-AAT.
    Operated with markings: Isle of Fregate

    July 2002

    To Tassili Airlines, Algeria with new c/r ZS-OVT.

    February 2003

    To Rossair Contracts keeping c/r ZS-OVT.

    June 2005

    To Rossair Contracts with new c/r ZS-PNT.

    10 December 2009

    To Caams Llc, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N149WJ.

    19 February 2010

    To Bank of Utah Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT with new c/r N149WJ.

    11 May 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N149WJ (DHC-6-300, 721) issued.

    23 June 2010

    Civil registration, N149WJ, cancelled.

    By 22 December 2014

    To Transportes Aereos Terrestres with new c/r XA-UOA (DHC-6 Twin Otter 300, 721).

    22 December 2014

    Crashed.
    Summary: The damage to the airframe was substantial. The airframe was repaired. Narrative: A de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 aircraft sustained substantial damage in an accident at Tequesquitengo Airport, Mexico. The aircraft was landing or taking off from runway 27, a small airstrip, when the right hand wing contacted a tree. The aircraft swung to the right and smashed into some shipping containers, causing the tail section to separate. The aircraft came to stop further on the grass within the confines of the airfield...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    20 May 2016


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: At Victoria BC - Twin Otter 300 msn 721 looking set to return to service after its accident repairs.

    20 September 2018

    To Ian W Delaney, Toronto, ON with new c/r C-GIWD.

    7 October 2019

    To The Craig Evan Corporation (flightexec), London, ON keeping c/r C-GIWD.
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     Aviation Safety Network
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
    Twin Otter Archive by Neil C. Aird
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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