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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100
N227WW
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Series-100

VP-LIS • CF-DTK • CF-DTK-X • CF-DTK • N85113 • DQ-FDK • ZK-FQK (2) • N227CS

N227WW

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

• VP-LIS de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out 21-Jan-1967. First flight 28-Jan-1967.

• VP-LIS MAC-Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa Locka, FL. Delivered 07-Mar-1967.

• VP-LIS LIAT - Leeward Islands Air Transport V. C. Bird International Airport, Antigua. Regd 07-Mar-1967.

• CF-DTK Sold to Department of Transport, Ottawa, ON. Regd 09-Oct-1970.

• CF-DTK Leased to FAA – Federal Aviation Administration. Washington, DC. Marked as “STOL 1”. Regd Jan-1972.

• CF-DTK Returned to Department of Transport, Ottawa, ON. Regd Aug-1972.

• CF-DTK-X Department of Transport, Ottawa, ON. P/E. Date and reason unknown.

• CF-DTK Sold to Bannock Aerospace, Toronto, ON. Regd 24-Jul-1980.

• CF-DTK Sold to Fiji Air, Nadi, Fiji 15-Oct-1980.

• N85113 Ferried by Southern Cross Credit, dba Southern Cross Aviation. Regd 13-Nov-1980.

• DQ-FDK Re regd to Fiji Air, Nadi, Fiji. Named “R. Kingsford Smith”. Regd 22-Dec-1980.

• DQ-FDK Leased to Air Pacific, Nadi, Fiji, 1984.

• DQ-FDK Returned to Fiji Air, Nadi, Fiji. Regd 12-Dec-1980.

• DQ-FDK Leased to Great Barrier Airlines, Auckland, New Zealand. Regd 29-Dec-1993.

• DQ-FDK Returned to Fiji Air, Nadi, Fiji. Regd 07-Aug-1994.

• ZK-FQK (2) Sold to Great Barrier Airlines, Auckland, New Zealand, 21-Mar-1996.

• N227CS Sold to Fayard Enterprises Inc, Louisburg, NC. 21-Jun-1998. Regd 25-Jun-1998.

Note: Delivered from Auckland through Nadi, Suva, Majuro, Midway, and Dutch Harbour on 07-Jul-1998.

Airworthiness date: 16-Sep-1998.

• N227CS Leased to Skydive Carolina, Chester, SC. Regd 1998.

Note: Still in colourful Great Barrier scheme in Jul-2005.

• N227CS Returned to Fayard Enterprises Inc., Louisburg, NC. Regd 24-Sep-2008.

Incident: 29-Oct-2010. While parked on the southwest corner of the parking area at an unknown location, performing start up for departure to Franklinton County Airport, both engines were brought online and N227CS started rolling forward. The aircraft rolled to the northeast approximately 100 yards and stuck the southwest entrance to the hangar. The left prop and left wing struck the hangar door frame, causing the aircraft to pivot into the hangar. The right wing of N227CS then contacted aircraft N495CS, CASA 212-CC-SN  195, on the forward upper fuselage and right propeller. Aircraft N277CS engines were shut down and the area evacuated with no injuries to any personnel. N227CS sustained damage to the left propeller, the left wing just outboard of the nacelle, the right wingtip, the right wing leading edge in the area of the stall fence and a hole in the lower right wing. N495CS sustained damage to the upper forward fuselage in 3 different areas and the right propeller. Initial investigation of the cockpit of N227CS showed that the hydraulic pump circuit breaker was pulled and the fuel boost pump switches were off. Maintenance conducted an operational test of the hydraulic system by pushing in the hydraulic pump circuit breaker and performing a test of the brakes and nose wheel steering systems. Both systems checked out satisfactory. The hydraulic pump operated in a normal manner

• N227CS Sold to Bank of Utah Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT. Regd 26-Jan-2011.

• N227CS Sold to Win Win Aviation, Wake Forest, NC. 02-Apr-2014. Regd 29-May-2014.

Note: After being parked at the Rampart Aviation facility for a considerable time the aircraft was delivered to De Kalb, IL via road transport from the Rampart Aviation facility in North Raleigh, NC in Apr-2014.

• N227CS Win Win Aviation, Wake Forest, NC. Regd 02-Feb-2015.

Ferried: 10-Feb-2015 De Kalb-Municipal, IL - Pontiac-Municipal, IL Initially filed for Vincennes, IL, then re-filed De Kalb – Dwight, IL – then finalising on Pontiac, IL.

Ferried: 21-Apr-2015 De Kalb-Taylor, IL - Rolla/Vichy, MO - Mountain View, AR 25-Apr-2015 Hot Springs, AR - Houston-Southwest, TX Brownsville, TX - ? - Cuautla/Huitzililla, MOR, Mexico. under lease to Skydive Cuautla since Apr-2015.

• N227WW Re regd to Win Win Aviation, Wake Forest, NC. Reserved 10-Feb-2015. Regd 11-Mar-2015.

• N227WW Skydive Cauatla, Cauatla, Mexico. leased from Win Win Aviation Inc. Regd 21-Apr-2015.

Ferried: 19-Oct-2015 Puebla, Mexico - Brownsville, TX.

• Current •

VP-LIS at Downsview for LIAT.
Photo: Sheldon D. Benner © 06 March 1967 - Michael J. Ody Collection
VP-LIS at Antigua with LIAT.
Photo: Unknown photographer © April 1970 - Kenneth I. Swartz Collection
CF-DTK-X at Downsview - CYZD.
Photo: Russel Brown © 27 December 1974 - Michael J. Ody Collection
CF-DTK at Ottawa - CYOW, Ontario.
Photo: Jay Sherlock © July 1980 - Aird Archives
DQ-FDK of AIR PACIFIC at Suva - NFSU, Fiji.
Photo: John Mounce © 03 October 1984 - Aird Archives
Photo: R. Currie © January 1985 - Michael J. Ody Collection
DQ-FDK ready for passengers at Nadi - NFFN, Fiji.
Photo: John Roger © September 1985 - John Mounce Collection - Aird Archives
Photo: John Roger © 16 April 1986 - Aird Archives
DQ-FDK of FIJI AIR, at Nausori - NFNA, Viti Levu, Fiji.
Photo: John Roger © 26 March 1990 - Aird Archives
DQ-FDK at Ardmore - NZAR, New Zealand.
Photo: John Mounce © 04 January 1994 - Aird Archives
DQ-FDK of AIR FIJI at Auckland.
Photo: Unknown photographer © August 1995 - Michael J. Ody Collection
DQ-FDK of GREAT BARRIER AIRLINES at Auckland.
Photo: Unknown photographer © November 1995 - Michael J. Ody Collection
ZK-FQK at Auckland / Ardmore, New Zealand.
Photo: John Mounce © 14 April 1996 - Aird Archives
N227CS ex Great Barrier.
Photo: Unknown photographer © June 2006 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N227CS at North Raleigh.
Photo: Win Aviation April 2014
N227WW at DeKalb / Taylor Municipal - DKB, Illinois.
Photo: WinWin © April 2015