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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
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Series 300

HP-101

FAP-205

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

• HP-101 de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out 16-Apr-1970. First flight 16-Apr-1970.

• (HP-101) Ministerio de Hacienda y Tesoro, Panama City. Not delivered and reverted to de Havilland Canada Inc.,

• FAP-205 Re serialled by Panama Air Force / Fuerza Aérea Panameña, Panama City. Taken on charge 11-May-1970.

Accident: En route from Penonome to Coclecito 02-Aug-1981. While en route Rio Hato Airbase – Penonome – Coclésito the aircraft struck a hillside at the 3,100ft level. All seven onboard were killed including General Omar Torrijos Herrera who had led the country’s military dictatorship since 1969.

Written off

FAP205 with new serial, on a DHC photo shoot.
Photos: DHC © April 1970 - Aird Archives
FAP205 of Panama Air Force / Fuerza Aérea Panameña at Panama City.
Photo: George Farinas - LAAN © 15 March 1978 - Kenneth I. Swartz Collection - Aird Archives
FAP205 visits Calgary - CYYC, Alberta.
Photo: Anthony J. Hickey © November 1978 - Michael J. Ody Collection