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msn 103
DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100
N169BA
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Series 100

CF-QBV • CF-QBV-X • CF-QBV • C-FQBV

N169BA

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

• CF-QBV de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out 25-Jan-1968. First flight 25-Apr-1968.

• CF-QBV-X de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. 10-May-1968.

• CF-QBV de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON.

• CF-QBV Fecteau Transport (opf Québecair), Senneterre, QC. Delivered 02-Jul-1968.

• CF-QBV Name changed to Québecair, Dorval, QC. Regd 25-Feb-1969.

• CF-QBV Leased to Royalair, Dorval, Montréal QC. Regd 09-Mar-1969.

• CF-QBV Returned to Québecair, Dorval, QC. Regd Apr-1970.

• CF-QBV Bannock Aerospace, Toronto, ON. Regd 17-Apr-1970.

• CF-QBV Northward Aviation, Edmonton, AB. Regd May-1970.

Accident: Near Resolute Bay, NU. Nut on nose wheel bracket broke causing aircraft to tip onto nose.

• C-FQBV Transair Ltd, Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB. Regd Jul-1973.

• C-FQBV Transair Ltd, St. James, Winnipeg, MB. Re regd 30-Sep-1976.

Accident 120mi W of Repulse Bay NT 18-Nov-1976. The aircraft flew into the ground while descending for a landing. Aircraft rebuilt between Nov-1976 & Mar-1977.

• C-FQBV Calm Air International, Lynn Lake, MB. 31-Dec-1976.

• C-FQBV Restored to Calm Air International, Thompson, MB, 07-Aug-1979.

• C-FQBV Calm Air International (Canadian Partner), Thompson, MB. 01-Jun-1987 & 22-Feb-1990. Canx 10-Apr-2002.

• N169BA Desert Sand Aircraft Leasing Co., Inc., Carson City, NV & Rosheron, TX, Regd 10-Apr-2002.

• N169BA Leased to Skydive Spaceland, Rosharen, TX., by Sep-2007.

• Current •

CF-QBV at Downsview, Ontario.
Photo: Sheldon D. Benner © 16 June 1969 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FQBV at Sioux Lookout - CYXL, Ontario.
Photo: Keith Fox © March 1988 - Aird Archives
N169BA landing after taking jumpers aloft.
Photo: Jeffrey S. DeVore © October 2007 - Erik Johannesson Collection
N169BA at B & B Airpark - TE88, Rosharon, TX.
Photo: Bart Stevens © 17 February 2013