Dates

Event

Constructed as a C-47A-90-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

Circa 1943

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-16096.

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Norweigian Air Force with s/n 43-16096 as a C-47A-90-DL.

October 1947

To Norwegian Airlines with c/r LN-IAN.

25 March 1949

To Les Avions Bleus with c/r F-OADR.
Operated with markings: Francoise

29 June 1949

To Ste Compagnie Des Travaux Et Services Aeriens/Les Avions Bleus, Paris.
Based at Alger / Houari Boumediene.

11 July 1951

Civil registration, F-OADR, cancelled.

1951

To Cornell Dubilier Electric Corp, NJ with c/r N9989F.

January 1968

To Huber Homes Inc with c/r N335HH.

January 1970

To H. M. Dunn, Lexington, KY.

June 1970

To Midwest Airlines.

7 June 1972

To Aviation Sales International with c/r CF-ABA.

4 July 1972

To Albig Avtn Ltd, Lorette, PQ with c/r C-FABA.

17 April 1973

Photographer: Tim Martin
Notes: CF-ABA at Winnipeg on 17Apr73 - One-time Scandinavian Airlines System DC-3 with Quebec based Albig Aviation. A few days later ownership changed for operation by Superior Airways out of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Exported as N3FY in 1979, it crashed in Guatemala in 1998.

26 April 1973

To Sigfusson Transport Ltd of Winnipeg, MB.

To Superior Airways.

To Ontario Central Airlines.

To Reindeer Air Service.

1974

To Wright Enterprises Ltd, Edmonton, AB.

1978

To Ilford Riverton Airways.

22 January 1979

To Wright Enterprises.

Circa 1980

To Yukon Air Service with c/r N3FY.

1990

To Rocky Mountain Helicopter, Provo, UT.

August 1991

Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
Notes: Provo, Utah

Circa October 1993

Certificate of airworthiness for N3FY (DC3C, 20562) issued.

October 1993

To Living Water Teaching Inc, Caddo Mills, TX.
Stationed in Guatemala and operated as - Mercy Wings.

1 November 1998

Crashed.
Summary: The airframe was written off. There were 11 fatalities. The domestic non scheduled passenger flight departed Playa Grande Airport (PKJ), Guatemala and was destined for Quetzaltenango Airport (MGQZ), Guatemala. The accident occurred at near Quetzaltenango (Guatemala) while on approach. Narrative: The DC-3 was on a flight from Playa Grande when it crashed into mountainous terrain near Quetzaltenango Airport. Instrument meteorological conditions (thick fog and rain) prevailed and no flight plan was reported filed...

1 November 1998

Crashed.
There were 11 fatalities and were seven serious injuries. The accident occurred at QUETZALTENANANG, Guatemala. The airframe was destroyed. The foreign authority was the source of this information. On November 1, 1998, about 1430 Central Standard Time, a Douglas DC3C, N3FY, registered to Living Water Teaching Inc, operating as a business flight, crashed into mountainous terrain near Quetzaltenango Airport, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala...
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

8 April 1999

Civil registration, N3FY, cancelled.

Written off.