De Havilland BC DHBC-3 Sandpiper

The De Havilland BC DHBC-3 Sandpiper is a piston-engined passenger airliner for six to ten passengers built by De Havilland British Columbia between 1955 and 1958 based on the British Percival Pembroke high-wing light transport aircraft. Examples built for the Royal British Columbia Air Force were named Victoria.

Operational history
See also: DHBC-3 Sandpiper operators

Operators
Operators who took delivery of aircraft new from the factory are marked with a star (★).

Current

 * British Columbia
 * ★ Private owners: 1


 * Falkland Islands
 * Falkland Islands Government Air Service: 2

Former

 * British Columbia
 * ★ Air British Columbia: 11
 * ★ BC Ambulance Service: 2
 * BC Coast Guard: 7
 * ★ BC Government Air Service: 2
 * Northern Air: 5
 * Northern Thunderbird Air: 9
 * ★ Royal BC Air Force: 23
 * ★ Stikine Airlines: 5
 * Utari Air: 4


 * Ghana
 * Ghana Airways: 3


 * Gold Coast
 * ★ Gold Coast Airways: 3


 * Guatemala
 * ★ Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca: 6


 * New Zealand
 * ★ Mount Cook Airline: 2


 * Peru
 * Fuerza Aérea del Perú: 6


 * United States
 * ★ Northern Consolidated Airlines: 3
 * Wien Air Alaska: 3


 * West Indies
 * ★ LIAT: 2

Preserved

 * C379/1955, as Guatemala Air Force number 453, at the Guatemala Aviation Museum at La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala City, Guatemala


 * C501/1958 (Sandpiper), as VB-UTB in Utari Air livery, was put on display on a plinth at the entrance to Iturup International Airport in Shana, Utari Mosir in 2007.

Accidents & incidents

 * 4 June 1966 Fuerza Aérea del Perú Victoria C.1 FAP-635 (c/n C425/1956) was damaged beyond repair on the ground; details of the accident are unclear


 * 30 September 1975 Northern Air Victoria C.1 VB-STS (c/n C440/1956), operating as Flight NO 236 from Prince George to Dease Lake Airport, flew into a ridge in the Kluatantan area; all five passengers and two crew aboard were killed.


 * 18 March 1983 Fuerza Aérea del Peru Victoria C.1 FAP-633 (c/n C404/1956) crashed, killing all five aboard; details of the accident are unclear