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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
N229SA
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Series 300

N211SA • N104AC • N229SA • C-FWCA • N229SA • J6-AAP

N229SA

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

• N214SA de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out 16-Oct-1975. First flight 16 –Oct-1975.

• N214SA Delivered to Suburban Airlines (Allegheny Commuter), 05-Nov-1975.

• N214SA Regd to Reading Aviation Services, Inc., Reading, PA., Nov-1975.

• N214SA Sold to Southern Jersey Airways, Atlantic City,NJ., 15-Oct-1986.

• N104AC Re regd to Southern Jersey Airways, Atlantic City, NJ., Nov-1986.

• N104AC Sold to Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV. 01-May-1990.

• N104AC Leased to Empire Airways, Hayden Lake, ID., 03-May-1990.

• N104AC Returned to Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV., 30-Sep-1990.

• N104AC Leased to Air Serv International, Warrenton, VA.

Flew via St. Johns NL  - Santa Maria, Azores 13-Dec-1990 en route to Africa. Reason unknown.

• N229SA Re regd to Scenic Airlines, Las Vegas, NV., Aug-1992.

• N229SA Sold to Twin Otter International, Las Vegas, NV., Nov-1993.

• N229SA Leased to Scenic Airlines Las Vegas, NV., Nov-1993.

• N229SA Returned to Twin Otter International, Las Vegas, NV., Dec-1993.

• N229SA Leased to Ross Aviation, Albuquerque, NM., Jun-1994.

• N229SA Returned to Twin Otter International, Las Vegas, NV. Date unknown.

Note Arrived at Vancouver, BC 26-Apr-1996 in Ross Aviation colour scheme.

• C-FWCA Leased to West Coast Air Services, Vancouver, BC. Regd 30-Apr-1996. Canx 17-Dec-1996.

• N229SA Returned to Twin Otter International, Las Vegas, NV., 06-Dec-1996.

• N229SA Leased to Seaborne Aviation, St Croix, USVI., Feb-1999.

• N229SA Returned to Twin Otter International, Las Vegas, NV., 2000.

• J6-AAP Leased to Helenair, St Lucia, 06-Sep-2000.

• N229SA Returned to Twin Otter International, Las Vegas, NV. Regd 18-Jun-2001. Expiry date 31-Jul-2020.

Noted at Murrieta-French Valley, CA 28-Nov-2001, dismantled and still painted as J6-AAP; noted again 07-Feb-2002

Note: Although shown on current FAA database we record as “Status unknown” as no written record or photo image found. Since 1999.

Status unknown

N229SA Vistaliner at Las Vegas, Nevada.
Photo: Unknown photographer © October 1992
N229SA in a pleasant new livery.
Photo: Dave Dunsmore © October 1994 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N229SA of Seaborne at Ketchikan, Alaska.
Photo: Robbie Shaw © 27 June 1998 - Erik Johannesson Collection