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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 200
N924MA
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Series 200

N653MA • N653DA • N653MA

N924MA

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

• N653MA de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out date unknown. First flight 27-Feb-1969

• N653MA MAC - Miami Aviation Corporation, Opa Locka, FL. Delivered 16-Mar-1969.

• N653MA Houston Metro Airlines, Houston TX, Regd 16-Mar-1969. Re regd Oct-1969

Airworthiness date, 07-May-1969.

• N653MA Leased to Davis Airlines, Bryan, TX. Regd 30-Jan-1971.

• N653DA Re-regd to Davis Airlines, Bryan, TX. Regd 1971.

• N653DA Returned to Houston Metro Airlines, Houston, TX. Feb 1972

• N653DA Leased to Moraine Airways, Waukesha, WI. Dec-1971

Note: First service; Waukesha-Chicago/O’Hare 28-Dec-1971

• N653DA Returned to Houston Metro Airlines, Houston,TX. Feb 1972

• N653DA Leased to Shawnee Airlines, Orlando, FL, Regd Feb-1972.

Note: Shawnee Airlines ceased operations Dec-1972.

• N924MA Returned to Houston Metro Airlines, Houston, TX. Regd Dec-1972.

• N924MA Change of name to Metro Airlines, Houston, TX. (Southwest Bancshares Leasing). Regd 1975.

• N924MA Metroflight Houston, TX. (Southwest Bancshares Leasing).

• N924MA Sold to Royale Airlines, Shreveport, LA. (Caddo Parish Government). 30-Sep-1985.

• N924MA Sold to Jack Wall A/C Sales, Memphis, TN. Regd 23-Apr-1986.

• N924MA Leased to California Air Charter, Burbank, CA. Apr-1986.

Noted at Burbank 04-May-1986 in Royale c/s.

• N924MA Change of name to Ameriflight, Burbank, CA. Regd Jun-1987.

• N924MA Returned to Jack Wall A/C Sales, Memphis, TN. Feb-1990.

• N924MA Sold to Pal Air Internation Airline, Tonopah, NV. Regd 16-Feb-1990.

• N924MA Sold to Methow Aviation, Everett, WA. Regd 28-Dec-1990.

• N924MA Sold to Skydive Arizona, Eloy, AZ. (Para Drop Inc, Las Vegas, NV). Regd 11-Apr-1994.

• N924MA Leased to Paracentrum Limburg, Leopoldsburg, Belgium. Regd 21-Mar-1997.

Flew via Nuuk, Greenland – Reykjavik, Iceland – Sumburgh, UK 21/21-Mar-1996 on delivery

• N924MA Returned to Skydive Arizona, Eloy, AZ (Para Drop, Eloy, AZ.). Regd 08-Jun-1999.

Flew via Coventry, UK – Glasgow, UK – Reykjavik, Iceland 08-Jun-1999 on return. (Aircraft was reclaimed from Belgium by owners after non payments!)

• N924MA Returned to Para Drop, Eloy, AZ. Regd 17-Apr-2014.

Note: Seven instances when parajumpers suffered fatal injuries after jumping from this aircraft.

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Latest update

• Revised format and updated data added 21-Aug-2020 •

N653DA of Moraine Airways at Chicago - ORD.
Photo: J. Burch © February 1972 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N924MA of Metro Airlines.
Photo: Unknown photographer © date unknown - Michael J. Ody Collection
N924MA of AMERIFLIGHT at Los Angeles - KLAX.
Photo: B. Gore © August 1988 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N924MA at Fresno, California.
Photo: C. Buckley © 07 August 1990 - Michael J. Ody Collection
N924MA with SKYDIVE AZ at Eloy.
Photo: Unknown photographer © date unknown - Michael J. Ody Collection
N924MA at Eloy, Arizona.
Photo: Michael J. Ody © July 1995
N924MA at Coventry - EGBE, returning to US.
Photo: Ron Kosys © 08 June 1999 - Aird Archives