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DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
N92FE
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Series 300

CF-NAN • C-FNAN • TR-LGU

N92FE

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

• CF-NAN de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON. Rolled out 27-May-1969. First flight 27-May-1969.

• CF-NAN Nordair Arctic, Frobisher Bay, NWT. Delivered 02-Jun-1969.

• CF-NAN Transferred to Nordair, Montréal, QC. Regd 31-Dec-1970.

• C-FNAN Re regd to Nordair, Montréal, QC. Regd 17-May-1974.

• C-FNAN Leased to Survair, Ottawa ON. Regd Jun-1976.

• C-FNAN Returned to Nordair, Montréal, QC., Jun-1978

• C-FNAN Sold to  Bradley Air Services Ltd., Carp, ON. Regd Sep-1978 & 10-Nov-1982. Based at Frobisher Bay, NT. Canx 25-Jun-1992.

Incident: Jakeman Glacier, NT 15-Mar-1979. Damaged after take-off after encountering severe downdrafts after take-off; repairable & returned to service.

• C-FNAN Leased to Labrador Airways, Goose Bay, NF. Regd 23-Jun-1992. Canx 17-Nov-1992.

• C-FNAN Returned to Bradley Air Services Ltd., Carp ON. Regd 27-Nov-1992 & 06-12-1996.

• C-FNAN Leased to Ptarmigan Airways, Yellowknife, NT. Regd Jun-1993.

• C-FNAN Returned to Bradley Air Services Ltd., Carp, ON. Regd Sep-1994.

• C-FNAN Returned to Bradley Air Services Ltd., Carp, ON., 06-Dec-1996. Canx & re regd 24-Jun-1998. Based Iqaluit, NU. Canx 21-Jun-2001.

• C-FNAN Ashe Aircraft Enterprises, (402667 Alberta Ltd), Calgary, AB. Regd 22-Jun-2004. Canx 22-Jul-2004.

Flew Iqaluit, NU – Resolute Bay, NU – La Ronge, SK – Springbank, AB on delivery 16-Jun-2004

• C-FNAN Leased to Arctic Sunwest Charters. (171817 Canada Inc) Yellowknife, NT. Regd 03-Aug-2004. Canx 09-Feb-2005.

Flew Springbank, AB - Yellowknife, NT 30-Jun-2004 on delivery

• C-FNAN Returned to Ashe Aircraft Enterprises, (402667 Alberta Ltd), Calgary, AB. Regd 09-Feb-2005. Canx and deleted on export to Gabon.31-May-2005.

• TR-LGU Air Service Gabon, Libreville, Gabon. Regd 31-May-2005.

Accident: Libreville, Gabon 24-Apr-2008 Hit by Antonov-26 TR-LIN while parked. Repaired & returned to service.

Note: Air Service Gabon ceased operations Aug-2010

• N92FE Sold to Fayard Enterprises LLC., Wake Forest, NC. Regd 25-Oct-2012.

Flew 19/23-Jan-2013 Libreville, Gabon - Bamako, Mali - Cabo Verde - Bridgetown, Barbados - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Deland, FL - DeKalb, IL on delivery.

Airworthiness date 31-Jul-2013. Standard – Normal.

• N92FE Berry Aviation Inc., San Marcos, TX. Regd 01-Aug-2013.

Flew 04-Sep-2013 Aurora, IL - Fort Smith, AR - San Marcos, TX Possibly for installation of utility interior modification prior to assignment overseas.

Flew 18-Sep-2013 San Marcos, TX - Dayton-Wright Brothers, OH 19-Sep-2013 Dayton-Wright Brothers, OH - Bangor-Int'l, ME 20 or 21-Sep-2013 Bangor-Int'l, ME - St. John's, NL 22-Sep-2013 St. John's, NL - Santa Maria, Azores. 23-Sep-2013 Santa Maria, Azores - Nouadhibou, Mauritania.

Note as at Nov-2020 based in Niger with call sign “Bandit 3”.

Flew 16-Oct-2021 Ponte Delgata / LPPD - St John's / CYYT 10.2 hours - Saulte Sainte Marie / CYAM - Calgary / CYC. As "SXA679".

Flew 02-Mar-2023 Calgary / YYC - Greatalls / KGTF - Akron/Canton - KCAT - Bangor - KBGR - Ponte Delgata / LPPD. As "SXA720".

• Current •

CF-NAN posing at Downsview.
Photo: A. Fleury © May 1969 - Michael J. Ody Collection
CF-NAN ready for Nordair ARCTIC, passing a Malaysian Caribou at Downsview - CYZD.
Photo: Sheldon D. Benner © June 1969 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FNAN of Bradley Air Services - First Air at Iqaluit - CYFB.
Photo: Rob McCallum © c.1983 - Aird Archives
C-FNAN operating out of Stephenville - CYJT.
Photos: Richard Stoker © August 1992
C-FNAN in later FIRST AIR livery, at Yellowknife - CYZF.
Photo: Henry Tenby © 13 November 1983 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FNAN ski equipped at Yellowknife - CYZF.
Photo: Henry Tenby © 08 April 1994 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FNAN still at Yellowknife - CYZF.
Photo: Anthony J. Hickey © June 1994 - Michael J. Ody Collection
C-FNAN of airService at London - CYXU, Ontario.
Photo: Stephen R. Peck © 06 June 2005
N92FE at St Johns, Newfoundland.
Photo: Mark Stares © 21 September 2013 - Erik Johannesson Collection