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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100
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Series 100 Later Series 200

N1754 • VH-TGT • P2-TGT

P2-RDE (1)

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

• N1754 de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out 11-Jan-1968. First flight 09-Feb-1968.

• N1754 TAA - Trans Australia Airlines. Accepted at Downsview Accepted 24-Feb-1968.

• N1754 Ferried by Air Capital International, Augusta, KS., to Australia. Regd 24-Feb-1968. Canx as removed from register 28-Mar-1968.

Note: Arrived at Brisbane on completion of delivery flight. 08- Mar-1968.

• VH-TGT TAA - Trans Australia Airlines, Melbourne, VIC. Regd 05-Apr-1968

Accident: Brampton Island, QLD. 01-Nov-1968. Crashed after a heavy landing short of the runway Two crew and four passengers uninjured. Aircraft heavily damaged. Ferried back and rebuilt at Sydney-Bankstown between Nov-1968 & Mar-1969. Rebuilt to Sers 200 standard

• VH-TGT Returned to service with TAA - Trans Australia Airlines. 24-Mar-1969. Canx from Australian register 29-Jul-1975.

Note: Withdrawn from use at Brisbane 02-Jan-1974.

• P2-TGT Sold to Talair, Goroka, Papua New Guinea. 09-May-1975. Regd 29-Jul-1975.

Note: Delivered from Brisbane on 05-May-1975.

• P2-RDE (1) Re regd to Talair, Goroka, Papua New Guinea. Jan-1976.

Accident: Garaina, Papua New Guinea. 28-Feb-1978. Crashed prior to landing after a flight from Lae. Only one crew member, P. Giles, on board who was killed. Aircraft written off.

Written off

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N1754 ready for delivery to Australia.
Photo: Sheldon D. Benner © February 1968 - Michael J. Ody Collection
VH-TGT gets investigated.
Photo: Unknown photographer © November 1968 - Michael J. Ody Collection