De Havilland BC DHBC-2 Heron

= Description =

= History =

Incidents

 * 28 July 1959 Central African Airways Heron 3 VP-WFJ (c/n C311/1953), operating a non-scheduled passenger flight from Bulawayo, Rhodesia & Nyasaland to Salisbury, was written off after a belly landing. The green light indicating 'gear down and locked' did not illuminate for the right side main gear on approach to Salisbury. The emergency gear extension system failed to work, so a belly landing was attempted on the grass parallel to the runway. The main gear strut collapsed, and the aircraft swung right before coming to a stop. There were no fatalities amongst the 36 passengers and 3 crew aboard.


 * 26 January 1971 TAT Transportes Aéreos de Timor Heron 3B CR-TAI (c/n C322/1953), operating a non-scheduled passenger flight from Darwin, Australia to Bacau, Timor Leste, crashed into the sea northwest of Bathurst Island. The aircraft departed Darwin at 11:33 for a 1 hour 20 minute flight to Bacau. At 12:10, a radio exchange was made with another TAT Heron (CR-TAG) flying in the opposite direction; this was the last contact anyone had with the aircraft before its disappearance. Investigators concluded that the primary cause was probably poor visibility and poor flying conditions for which the pilot was not sufficiently qualified. There were no survivors amongst the seven passengers and two crewmembers aboard.


 * 23 May 1972 Air New England Heron 3B N472CI (c/n C473/1957), operating as Air New England Flight NE212 to Portland, Maine, crashed on take-off from Providence, Rhode Island due to propeller failure. After passing V1 speed, just as the co-pilot, First Officer Richard J. Edmonds, called "rotate", one of the propeller blades on the number two engine (port inboard) broke off and was driven into number one engine, destroying it. The aircraft lifted off a moment later, as the power from the two starboard engines was enough to rotate, but the imbalance caused it to lurch left, with the port wing dipping downwards and the starboard attempting to continue the climb. The aircraft climbed only about 50 feet before dropping back to the ground. Of the eleven passengers and crew aboard, four, including Captain William Garcia and First Officer Edmonds, were killed; the other seven passengers suffered light to serious injuries, with three needing hospitalisation.

= Operators =

Other

 * style="background: navajowhite" | AeroPerú || Peru || Heron || 2 || 1982–1995 || Acquired second-hand
 * style="background: navajowhite" | AeroPerú || Peru || Heron || 2 || 1982–1995 || Acquired second-hand

Commercial

 * Air British Columbia: 15
 * Air Ceylon (Ceylon): 5
 * Air Vietnam (South Vietnam): 3
 * APSA Peruvian Airlines (Peru): 5
 * Arkia Israeli Airlines (Israel): 6
 * Aspen Airways (USA): 6
 * Awyr Cymry Newydd: 3
 * Bayerischer Flugdienst (West Germany): 3
 * Borneo Airways (Malaya): 5
 * Braathens S.A.F.E. (Norway): 5
 * British West Indies Airways (Trinidad & Tobago): 4
 * Cape & Islands Airlines (USA): 4
 * Capital Airlines (USA): 7
 * Caribair Puerto Rico (USA): 4
 * Central African Airways (Rhodesia & Nyasaland): 10
 * Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopia): 6
 * Foshing Airlines (Republic of China): 5
 * Fiji Airways (Fiji): 3
 * Frontier Airlines (USA): 6
 * Fujita Airlines (Japan): 5
 * Ghana Airways (Ghana): 4 - 2 new, 2 inherited from Gold Coast Airways
 * Gold Coast Airways (Gold Coast): 2
 * HATS Hawaiian Air Tour Service (USA): 3
 * Hawkair: 7
 * Henson Airlines: 6
 * Inter-Dominion Air Lines: 5
 * Iranian Airways (Iran): 4
 * Island International Airways: 3
 * Kootenay Airways: 4
 * LADE - Líneas Aéreas del Estado (Argentina): 7
 * Lake Central Airways (USA): 6
 * LANICA (Nicaragua): 4
 * LIAT (Antigua & Barbuda): 6
 * Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano (Bolivia): 3
 * Los Angeles Airways (USA): 9
 * Pacific Coastal Airlines : 4
 * Pacific Western Airlines: 14
 * Pan African Airlines (Nigeria): 2
 * Persian Air Services (Iran): 2
 * Philippine Airlines (Philippines): 8
 * Quebecair (Canada): 10
 * Queensland Airlines (Australia): 3
 * SATA Air Açores (Portugal): 4
 * South West Air Transport - Suidwes Lugdiens (South West Africa): 4
 * TACA (El Salvador): 2
 * Thunderbird Airways: 10
 * Trans-Gaspesian Air Lines (Canada): 2
 * Trek Airways (South Africa): 4
 * Upper Fraser Airways: 18
 * VIASA (Venezuela): 2
 * Wardair Canada (Canada): 6

Other

 * Alberta Government Air Service(Canada): 2
 * BC Government Air Service: 3
 * BC Hydro & Power Authority: 2
 * California Aerial Survey Co. (USA): 2
 * De Havilland BC: 1
 * Supermarine British Columbia: 1
 * private buyers: 1 (1 USA)

= Production =