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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-6/UV-18/CC-138 Twin Otter
    Latest Model:DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
    Construction Number:312
    Last Civil Registration:C-GCKB
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 cn 31...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kenn Borek Air

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    Dates

    Event

    1971

    Constructed as a DHC-6-300.
    Dehavilland DHC-6 SERIES 300 312

    8 July 1971

    To Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa with new c/r CF-MPF.

    21 December 1971


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1971 photo at Winnipeg - RCMP Twin Otter 300 on a frigid looking shortest day of the year. You can see how low the sun is and this would have been taken on my noon lunch break.

    To Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa with new c/r C-FMPF.

    25 July 2001

    To Kenn Borek Air Ltd, Calgary, AB with new c/r C-GCKB.

    By 20 January 2016

    To Kenn Borek Air with new c/r C-GCKB.

    20 January 2016

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was damaged but was repairable. The ferrying/positioning flight departed Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station-Jack F. Paulus Skiway (NZSP), Antarctica and was destined for Rothera Point Airport (AAXX), Antarctica. The accident occurred at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (Antarctica) while taking off. Narrative: The DHC-6 Twin Otter, C-GCKB, was operating on a VFR flight from Skiway 20, Antarctica to Union Glacier, Antarctica. On departure, a left hand ski front harness attachment bolt sheared...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Aviation Safety Network
    Transport Canada
    Twin Otter Archive by Neil C. Aird
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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