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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-114 Heron
    Latest Model:Heron
    Construction Number:14057
    Last Civil Registration:DQ-FEE
    Compressed ID:Riley Heron cn 14057 cr DQ-FEE
    Latest Owner or Location:Fiji Air

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    Dates

    Event

    1955

    Constructed as a Heron 2X.

    4 March 1955

    To Deviet Hava Yollari with new c/r TC-HAN.

    1 March 1956

    To Turk Hava Yollari keeping c/r TC-HAN.

    19 June 1967

    To Wright Air Lines with new c/r N482R.

    January 1968

    Converted to a Heron by Riley.

    28 January 1968

    To Wright Air Lines with new c/r N507FW (DH 114 HERON 2X, 14057).

    April 1971

    To AAT Airlines Sunshine Center keeping c/r N507FW.

    1972

    To MATS Airline keeping c/r N507FW.

    1976

    To Great Plains Airline keeping c/r N507FW.

    20 March 1979

    To Shawnee Airlines keeping c/r N507FW.

    17 October 1979


    Photographer: I. E. Quastler
    Notes: At Miami International

    November 1980

    To Phoenix Air keeping c/r N507FW.

    1981


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection

    1982

    To Susquehanna Airlines keeping c/r N507FW.

    December 1985

    To Fiji Air with new c/r DQ-FEE.

    15 December 1991

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. This was a testing flight. The accident occurred at Suva-Nausori Airport (SUV/NFSU) [DQ] (Fiji) while landing. Narrative: Undercarriage collapse on landing.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Aviation Safety Network
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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