ZK-NEQ. de Havilland Canada DHC-8-314B. c/n 397.
This aircraft was rolled out of the de Havilland Canada Downsview plant - February 1995 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GETI - ? Registered to de Havilland Canada First flown as 'C-GETI' - February 1995 Powered by Pratt & Whitney Canada PWC123E turboprop engines Accepted by South African Express Airlines at Downsview - February 27, 1995 Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-NMH - ? It was displayed at the Australian International Airshow, Avalon, Victoria - March 1995 Withdrawn from service by SA Express - November 1997 Sold to Bombardier Aircraft Trading as a trade-in on a CRJ-200 - November 1997 Cancelled from the South African Aircraft Register - November 20, 1997 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GBRA - November 20, 1997 Registered to Bombardier Aircraft Inc Converted from a DHC-8-314B to DHC-8-315 by Bombardier Aircraft Inc, Canada Leased to Penta Airlines SA (Pena Transportes Aereos) - December 06, 1997 Entered onto the Brazilian Aircraft Register as PT-MPI - ? The aircraft was named 'Porto Trombetas' Withdrawn from use and returned to the lessor - July 1999 Cancelled from the Brazilian Aircraft Register - July 05, 1999 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N282BC - March 22, 2000 Registered to Bombardier Capital Inc, Colchester, VT Leased to Ansett New Zealand - April 24, 2000 Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NEQ - April 26, 2000 Registered to Tasman Pacific Airlines of N.Z. Limited To understand the Qantas New Zealand lineage please click 'HERE' The aircraft was configured to seat 50 passengers Departed Calgary on the ferry flight to New Zealand - May 02, 2000 Arrived Christchurch on completion of the ferry flight - May 06, 2000 Ferry route: Calgary - Anchorage - Petropavlovsk/Kamchatsky - Osaka - Saipan - Honiara - Norfolk Island - Christchurch Operated its first revenue service Christchurch - Dunedin in an all-white livery as AN625 - March 13, 2000 Repainted into the Ansett New Zealand livery - July 28, 2000 This was the last new aircraft to enter service with Ansett New Zealand before it ceased operations Repainted into the Qantas New Zealand livery - August 04, 2000 Ansett New Zealand ceased operations - September 03, 2000 Tasman Pacific Airlines of NZ began operating as Qantas New Zealand - September 04, 2000 Qantas New Zealand ceased operations - April 21, 2001 The aircraft was placed in open storage at Christchurch - April 21, 2001 Registered to Bombardier Capital Inc, Auckland - June 22, 2001 Leased to Origin Pacific Airways Ltd, Nelson as the registered operator - July 13, 2001 Operated its first revenue service with Origin Pacific Christchurch - Wellington - July 16, 2001 Repainted into the Origin Pacific livery Returned to Bombardier Capital at the end of the lease - August 20, 2002 Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - August 20, 2002 Sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA Trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah - August 20, 2002 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N788BC - August 20, 2002 Departed Christchurch on the ferry flight to Calgary - August 20, 2002 Arrived Calgary on completion of the ferry flight for storage - August 22, 2002 Registered to Bombardier Services Corporation, Colchester, VT - March 05, 2004 Registered to Bombardier Inc, Downsview, Ontario - February 09, 2005 It was observed at Calgary with 'United Nations Humanitarian Air Services' titles in black - 2005 Sold to Trident Aviation - January 2006 Leased to DAC Aviation International, Kenya - January 02, 2006 Entered onto the Kenyan Aircraft Register as 5Y-PTA - January 2006 Operating UN Humanitarian Air Services - 2009 Cancelled from the Kenyan Aircraft Register - 2016 Entered onto the United States Aircaft Register as N308V - September 08, 2016 Registered to Dynamic Aviation Holding Inc, Bridgewater, VA Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - October 08, 2016 Sold to the United States Army and designated as 'Bombardier RO-6A' Delivered to the United States Army as '16-0397' - June 22, 2017 Currently operated by the United States Army - 2018 |
ZK-NEQ. Qantas New Zealand - in the standard livery at Christchurch Airport, March 28, 2001. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 2923-125.) |
ZK-NEQ. Origin Pacific - in the standard livery at Christchurch Airport, December 30, 2001. (Z. Rae Copyright Image 2923-126.) |
ZK-NEQ. Origin Pacific - in the standard livery at Christchurch Airport, July 2002. (R. N. Smith Ciollection Copyright Image 2923-143.) |
ZK-NEQ. Origin Pacific - in the standard livery at Calgary Airport, August 2002. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 2923-124.) |