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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 200
N228YK
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Series 200

CF-PAE • (N*****) • C-FPAE

N228YK
• Registration • Activity and details of Owner/Operator and other historical information

• CF-PAE de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out date unknown. First flight date unknown.

• CF-PAE Bannock Aerospace, Toronto, ON, Regd Jul-1969.

• (N*****) Leased to Houston Metro Airlines, Houston TX (not delivered). Regd Jul-1969.

Note: Painted into full c/s (without U.S. registration) by 09-Jul-1969; titles logos removed by 28-Jul-1989.

• CF-PAE Panarctic Oils, Calgary, AB. Regd 31-Jul-1969.

Note: Delivered in basic Houston Metro colours.

• CF-PAE Survair Ltd., Ottawa, ON, Regd Apr-1975.

Accident: Inoucdjouac (Honest), QC . (Port Harrison). 25-May-1975. Takeoff was aborted due to the soft surface of the strip and the aircraft skidded off the runway end. No injuries reported. Aircraft suffered substantial damage.

• CF-PAE Leased to Bradley Air Services, Carp, ON. Regd Jun-1977.

• CF-PAE Returned to Survair, Ottawa, ON. Regd Mar-1978.

• CF-PAE Sold to West Coast Air Services, Vancouver, BC, Regd 08-Jul-1978.

Noted at Vancouver, BC 08-Jul-1978.

• CF-PAE Merged into Air BC., Vancouver, BC Regd 01-Dec-1980.

• C-FPAE Re-Regd to Air BC., Vancouver, BC Regd 30-Sep-1983. Canx 09-Oct-1986.

• C-FPAE Air BC Ltd., Richmond, BC. Regd 02-Nov-1990. Canx 18-Dec-1992.

Withdrawn from use & parked at Vancouver, BC 20-Oct-1992.

• C-FPAE Sold to Ashe Aircraft Enterprises, Springbank, AB., (402677 Alberta Ltd, Calgary, AB). Regd 18-Dec-1992.

• C-FPAE Leased to Ptarmigan Airways, Yellowknife, NT. Regd 09-May-1993.

• C-FPAE Returned to Ashe Aircraft Enterprises, Springbank, AB., (402677 Alberta Ltd, Calgary, AB). Regd Oct-1994.

• N228YK Yellowknife Leasing, Las Vegas, NV. Regd 14-Nov-1994.

Airworthiness date: 01-Dec-1994.

• N228YK Leased to Zephyrhills Parachute Centre, Zephyrhills, FL (Yellowknife Leasing, Las Vegas, NV). Regd 05-Feb-1995.

• N228YK Returned to Yellowknife Leasing, Las Vegas, NV, Regd Dec-1995.

• N228YK Sold to Skydive Dallas, Whitewright, TX (Skydiving Productions Over Texas, Plano, TX). 20-Nov-1995. Regd Dec-1995.

• N228YK Desert Sand Aircraft Leasing Co., Inc., Rosheron, TX. Regd 27-May-2016.

Incidents:. Between Apr -2001 and May-2005 three instances of parachutists receiving fatal injuries after jumping from this aircraft.

• Current •
CF-PAE at a foggy Downsview.
Photo: Sheldon D. Benner © 30 July 1969 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FPAE of FIRSTAir
Photo: Sheldon D. Benner © 19 August 1977 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FPAE of West Coast Air at Vancouver - CYVR.
Photo: Unknown photographer © May 1978 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FPAE with PWA tail logo.
Photo: Kenneth I. Swartz © 27 October 1979 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FPAE AirBC with no tail A.
Photo: Glen Etchells © July 1981 - Erik Johannesson Collection
C-FPAE with AirBC.
Photo: John Kimberley © November 1983 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FPAE of AirBC in action.
Photo: Henry Tenby © 16 June 1987 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FPAE in PTARMIGAN AIRWAYS LTD livery.
Photo: Anthony J. Hickey © May 1993 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N228YK in skydiving configuration.
Photo: J. Burch © February 1995 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N228YK at Rosharon.
Photo: Desert Sand © August 2017