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VH-EEG. Fairchild SA-226TC Metro IIA. c/n TC-349.
This aircraft was first flown as 'N1007U' - July 1980 Powered by Garrett Turbine TPE331-3 engines Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EEG - August 18, 1980 Registered to Northern Airlines (Operations) Pty Ltd Northern Airlines ceased operations - February 6, 1981 The aircraft was ferried Tamworth - Melbourne (Essendon) for storage - July 20, 1981 Registered to Stillwell Aviation, Melbourne - ? Leased to Kendell Airlines as the registered operator - August 1981 Returned to Stillwell Aviation at the end of the lease - December 1981 Sold to Teteboro Aircraft Services - January 1982 Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - January 14, 1982 Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N26583 - ? Sold to Compagnie Aerienne du Languedoc - April 1982 Entered onto the French Aircraft Register as F-GDMR - ? Transferred to Compagnie Air Littoral when the airlines merged - April 01, 1988 Sold to General Aviation Services Inc - January 13, 1994 Cancelled from the French Aircraft Register - ? Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N100ED - ? Sold to Air Charters - April 1994 Entered onto the Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GIQI - April 26, 1994 Leased to Air Montreal as the registered operator - April 1994 Cancelled from the Canadian Aircraft Register - January 27, 2000 Sold to Ryan Blake Air Charter, Johannesburg, South Africa - July 2000 Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-OYI - September 05, 2000 The aircraft was destroyed when it crashed into the eastern slopes of Mt Kenya - July 19, 2003 It was operating a flight Nairobi - Samburu National Park Twelve passengers and two crew members were killed |