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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:YL-20
    Construction Number:1000
    Last Civil Registration:C-FPCG
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada YL-20 cn 1000 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Seair Seaplanes Ltd, Richmond, BC

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a YL-20.

    From 14 November 1956 to 1969

    To de Havilland Aircraft, Downsview, ON with new c/r CF-PCG.
    Company Demonstrator - the 1000th Beaver.

    From 1969 to Circa 1977

    To Phil Garratt keeping c/r CF-PCG.

    December 1978

    To Collingwood Air Service, Collingwood, ON with new c/r C-FPCG.

    Circa 1981

    To unknown owner with c/r N9755S.

    From Unknown to 1988

    To unknown owner with c/r N188JM (DHC-2, 1000).

    1 July 1988

    Civil registration, N188JM, cancelled.

    8 May 1989

    To Oakley Air Ltd, Vancouver, BC with new c/r C-FPCG.

    20 July 1990

    To Seair Seaplanes Ltd, Richmond, BC keeping c/r C-FPCG.

    14 June 2001

    To Seair Seaplanes Ltd, Richmond, BC keeping c/r C-FPCG.

    7 May 2006


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: In old Seair c/s at Vancouver South / Fraser River

    18 May 2011

    Civil registration, N9775S, cancelled.

    6 July 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Vancouver Int

    6 July 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Vancouver Int

    20 June 2016

    Civil registration, C-FPCG, cancelled.

    21 February 2020

    A float-equipped Seair Seaplanes de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver was stolen when moored at Vancouver-Coal Harbour Seaplane Base, Canada.The Beaver impacted a float-equipped Harbour Air DHC-3T Vazar Turbine Otter (C-FIUZ) that was also moored in the harbour.It appears that the right-hand wing of the Beaver separated in the accident. The right-hand wing of the Turbine Otter suffered a serious fracture.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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