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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 200

N162WJ

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msn 162

Series 200

N977SA • N559MA • HC-AVN • HC-AXC • CF-CHE • C-FCHE • N162WJ • HR-AKN • C-????

N162WJ

• Registration • Activity and details of Owner/Operator and other historical information

• N977SA de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled Oct-1968. First flight 16-Oct-1968.

• (N977SA) Regd to Sunaire St. Croix, USVI. Regd but not delivered Sep-1968. NTU.

• N559MA MAC - Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa Locka, FL. Delivered 23-Oct-1968.

• N559MA Leased to New York Airways, La Guardia, NY. Regd Oct-1968.

• HC-AVN ANDES - Aero Nacionales Del Ecuador S.A., Bogota, Equador.. Regd Dec-1971.

• HC-AXC ANDES - Aero Nacionales Del Ecuador S.A., Bogota., Equador. Regd 1972.

• CF-CHE Athabaska Airways, Prince Albert, SK. Regd 26-Jan-1973.

Accident: Irene Bay, NT. 78-55N. 82-10W. 04-Jun-1973. The pilot attempted an off-strip landing on oversize wheels. He decided to overshoot after a landing roll of some 250ft but before becoming airborne the nosewheel struck a gravel ridge. The nosewheel was sheared off and the aircraft slid 300ft on its nose. Three passengers were uninjured. Nose section suffered serious damage.

• C-FCHE Athabaska Airways, Prince Albert, SK. Regd Dec-1976. Exported to US 01-Aug-1986.

• N162WJ Poss World Jet Aircraft International, Ft Lauderdale, FL. Dates unknown.

• HR-AKN Isleña de Inversiones SA de CV., (Isleña Airlines), La Cieba, Honduras. Regd Aug 1986.

• C-**** Pace Aviation, Winnipeg, MB. Regd Jan 1990 but not on CCAR.

• N162WJ World Jet Aircraft International, Ft Lauderdale, FL., Apr-1990.

• HR-ALS Leased to Aerolíneas Sosa, La Cieba, Honduras. Regd Apr 1990.

• N162WJ World Jet Aircraft International. (not. Regd), Ft Lauderdale, FL., May-1992.

• N162WJ World Jet Aircraft International, Ft Lauderdale, FL. Regd 06-May-1994. Canx 12-Dec-1994.

Note: Wings passed to msn 27.

• Removed from register – Presumed broken up •

N997SA joins a USN SP-2E Neptune on the flight line at Downsview.

Photo: Sheldon D. Benner © 07 September 1968 - Michael J. Ody Collection

N559MA of NYA - new york airways.

Photo: Unknown photographer © December 1968 - Michael J. Ody Collection

HC-AXC at Quito.

Photo: Unknown photographer © December 1968 - Erik Johannesson Collection

CF-CHE at Toronto / Buttonville - CYKZ, Ontario.

CF-CHE of ATHABASKA AIRWAYS LTD, at Toronto - CYYZ.

C-FCHE of Athabaska Airways at La Ronge, SK.

C-FCHE snow free.

HR-AKN at Winnipeg, Manitoba.

HR-ALS of AEROLINEAS SOSA at Opa-Locka.