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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:295
    Last Civil Registration:N173GC
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 cn 29...
    Latest Owner or Location:Diamond Bar Llc, Kirkland, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    January 1971

    Constructed as a DHC-6-300.

    25 February 1971

    To Wideroes, Oslo, Norway with new c/r LN-BEO.

    November 1980

    To Precision Airlines, Burlington, VT with new c/r N50RP.

    By 20 September 1983

    To unknown owner with c/r N50RP.

    20 September 1983

    Involved in an incident.
    The incident occurred at the Logan Int 1 Airport (BOS) Boston, MA, United States while taxiing. The damage was minor. The aircraft encountered jet blast while taxiing behind a L-1011 aircraft which had not yet received taxi clearance was still attached to the tug when the pass began.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    April 1984

    To Scenic Airlines keeping c/r .
    Registered to as N50RP but cancelled July 1984.

    July 1984

    To Scenic Airlines with new c/r N144SA {1}.

    February 1987

    Leased to Grand Canyon Airlines.

    October 1987

    Leased to Gold Coast Air.
    Leased to for 6months and then returned to.

    Returned from lease.

    12 July 1996

    Civil registration, N173GC, cancelled.

    12 July 1996

    To Labrador Airways with new c/r C-GLAZ.

    8 November 1996

    Civil registration, C-GLAZ, cancelled.

    14 November 1996

    To Grand Canyon Airlines Inc, Grand Canyon, AZ with new c/r N173GC.

    15 November 1996

    Certificate of airworthiness for N173GC (DHC-6-300, 295) issued.

    15 November 1996

    To Grand Canyon Airlines with new c/r N173GC.

    January 2005


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: Grand Canyon Airlines at Grand Canyon Airport (GCN) in January 2005

    24 October 2005

    To Diamond Bar Llc, Kirkland, WA with new c/r N173GC.

    6 June 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Photo at Boulder City, Nevada

    1 January 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for N173GC (DHC-6-300, 295) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2015

    To Grand Canyon Airlines Inc, Grand Canyon, AZ keeping c/r N173GC.

    27 March 2015

    To Diamond Bar Llc, Kirkland, WA keeping c/r N173GC.
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