August 1976 to November 1995
Mandala Airlines
PK-RVS - c/n 433 - a V.816 series Viscount
Indonesia registered
August 1976
Purchased from Far Eastern Air Transport Corporation (FAT) and named as 'Avatara'.
2 August 1976
Total time 34,382:46 hours and 29,887 total landings.
27 June 1977
Total time 35,249:26 hours and 30,837 total landings.
8 December 1977
Total time 35,755:37 hours and 31,495 total landings.
1 May 1978
The nose undercarriage leg collapsed on landing at Kaohsiung International Airport, Taiwan.
Total time 36,181:31 hours and 32,090 total landings.
Repaired and returned to service.
24 October 1981
Total time 40,891:04 hours and 36,621 total landings.
22 October 1982
Total time 41,751:41 hours and 37,113 total landings.
4 March 1983
Total time 42,201:43 hours and 37,373 total landings.
27 April 1985
Total time 45,010:02 hours and 39,535 total landings.
April 1993
Withdrawn from service and stored at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Cengkareng, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia.
circa January 1994
Returned to service in a new livery.
September 1994
Noted still active at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Cengkareng, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia.
11 October 1994
Noted withdrawn from service and stored at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Cengkareng, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia.
The No.4 Rolls-Royce Dart engine has already been removed.
circa April 2004
Broken up for scrap. The actual date is not known. Details please to information@vickersviscount.net
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