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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100
C-FJIW
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Series 100

N243P • N59AN • RP-C-1152

C-FJIW

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

• N243P de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out 05-Mar-1968. First flight 15-Mar-1968.

• N243P Northern Airways, Burlington, VT. (Charles W. Deeds) Delivered 03-Apl-1968.

• N243P Change of name to Air North (Allied to Allegheny Commuter), Burlington, VT. Regd Sep-1972.

Accident: Ogdensburg. NY, 15-Feb-1973. Damaged on the ground in collision with a snow bank during taxi after landing. Minor damage. Repaired and returned to service.

• N59AN Re-regd to Air North (Allegheny Commuter), Burlington, VT. Regd Nov-1978.

Accident: Watertown, NY. 02-Dec-1978. Damaged in ground collision when hit by another aircraft while waiting taxi clearance. Repaired & returned to service.

• N59AN Sold to PT6A-20 Partners, Waitsfield, VT. Retained titling of Air North, May 1981.

Note; Withdrawn from use and stored at Burlington, VT & noted there 24-Apr-1982.

Returned to service by Aug 1982 and noted at New York –La Guardia on 26-Aug-1982. All white - no titles.

• N59AN Leased to Coral Air, San Juan, PR. Regd Nov-1982.

• N59AN Returned to Air North, Burlington, VT (PT6A-20 Partners, Waitsfield, VT). Circa 1983.

• N59AN Leased to Yowell International Air, Melbourne, FL. Regd 25-Aug-1983.

Noted at Boston, MA 28-Aug-1983. All white – small titles.

• N59AN Returned to Air North, Burlington, VT. (PT6A-20 Partners, Waitsfield, VT). Regd Oct-1983.

• N59AN Northern Airways, Burlington, VT. (PT6A-20 Partners, Waitsfield, VT). Transferred May-1984.

• N59AN Reported as leased to Wills Air. Regd date unknown.

• N59AN Returned to Air North, Burlington, VT. (PT6A-20 Partners, Waitsfield, VT). Regd date unknown.

• N59AN Name changed back to Northern Airways, Burlington, VT. (PT6A-20 Partners, Waitsfield, VT). Regd May-1984.

• N59AN Leased to Westair Commuter Airlines, Chico, CA. Regd May-1984.

• N59AN Returned to Northern Airways, Burlington, VT (PT6A-20 Partners, Waitsfield, VT). Regd May-1985.

• N59AN Leased to Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Regd 21-May-1985.

Noted at Burbank, CA 01-Jun-1985 and San Jose, 03-Oct-1985.

• N59AN Returned to Northern Airways, Burlington, VT (PT6A-20 Partners, Waitsfield, VT). Jul 1986.

Withdrawn from use and stored at Burlington, VT. & noted as such 14-Jul-1986.

• N59AN Sold to Mountain Air Cargo, Denver, NC. Regd 17-Jul-1987.

• N59AN Sold to Shorts Air Lease Inc., Arlington, VA. Dec-1988.

• RP-C-1152 Sold to Pacific Airways Corporation, Manila, Phillipines. Regd May-1989. Canx 24-May-1989.

Note: Certificate of Airworthiness expiry dated 12-Dec-1999 and withdrawn from use and stored at Manila. Canx 05-Sep-2002.

• RP-C-1152 Ashe Aircraft Enterprises, (Rocky Mountain Air), Springbank, AB. Regd 24-Jan-2007.

Note: Aug-2014. Stored at Springbank, dismantled, without registration but msn sprayed on nose

• C-FJIW Ashe Aircraft Enterprises, Calgary, AB. Regd 24-Jan-2017.

Parts machine

N243P final tweaks at Downsview - CYZD, Ontario.
Photo: Unknown photographer © March 1968 - John Mounce Collection - Aird Archives
N243P at Toronto - CYYZ in ALLEGHENY COMMUTER colours.
Photo: Ray Moneta © April 1973 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N243P at Calgary - CYYC, Alberta.
Photo: John Kimberley © October 1978 - Kenneth I. Swartz Collection - Aird Archives
N243P in early AIR NORTH livery.
Photo: Unknown photographer © date unknown - Michael J. Ody Collection
N59AN at Poughkeepsie - KPOU, New York.
Photo: Elliot Greenman © 25 June 1979
N59AN in Tampa, Florida.
Photo: E. Greenman © February 1983 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FJIW - picked over remains at Springbank - CYBW, Alberta.
Photo: John W. Olafson © 22 May 2013