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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:559
    Last Civil Registration:N74GC
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 cn 55...
    Latest Owner or Location:Diamond Bar Llc, Kirkland, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    1977

    Constructed as a DHC-6-300.

    1977

    To Rio Airways with new c/r N63RA.

    By 29 June 1987

    To Grand Canyon Airlines with new c/r N74GC.

    29 June 1987

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Grand Canyon National PRK Airport (GCN) Grand Canyon, AZ, United States while taxiing. The damage was substantial. While taxiing for takeoff, the underside of the left wing struck the boom of a backhoe parked adjacent to the aircraft ramp. The unattended backhoe was parked in a dirt area adjacent to the ramp with the boom in the extended position while the operator was on his lunch break.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    September 1993


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: Grand Canyon Airlines at Grand Canyon Airport (GCN) in September 1993

    1996

    To Tiram Air with new c/r 9M-BCP.

    1997

    To Mustique Airways with new c/r J8-SVD.

    26 May 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for N74GC (DHC-6-300, 559) issued.

    24 October 2005

    To Diamond Bar Llc, Kirkland, WA keeping c/r N74GC.

    27 March 2015

    To Diamond Bar Llc, Kirkland, WA keeping c/r N74GC.
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     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
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    National Transportation Safety Board
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