Dornier Do 228

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Dornier 228

LGW Do 228-200
Type Airliner
Manufacturer Dornier GmbH
Maiden flight March 21, 1981
Introduced 1982
Produced 1981-1998
Number built 270
Do 228 of the German Navy
Do 228 of the German Navy
Flight deck
Flight deck
Cabin view
Cabin view
Finnish Frontier Guards Do 228 in Helsinki-Malmi Airport
Finnish Frontier Guards Do 228 in Helsinki-Malmi Airport

The Dornier Do 228 is a small German twin turboprop STOL-utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier) from 1981 until 1998. In 1983 Hindustan Aeronautics bought a production licence and manufactures the 228 to this day.[citation needed] Approximately 270 Do 228 were built at Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany and Kanpur, India. In August 2006 127 Dornier Do 228 aircraft (all variants) remain in airline service.[1]

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[edit] Design and development

In the late 1970s Dornier GmbH developed a new kind of wing, the TNT ("Tragflügel neuer Technologie"), subsidized by the German Government. Dornier tested it on a modified Do 28D-2Skyservant and with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-110 Turboprop engines. Finally Dornier changed the engine and tested the new aircraft, which was named Do 128 with two Garrett AiResearch TPE-331-5 engines. The company developed a new fuselage for the TNT and TPE 331-5 in two variants (15 and 19 Passenger) and named both project-aircraft E-1 (later Do 228-100) and E-2 (later Do 228-200). At ILA '80 Dornier presented the new aircraft in public. Both the prototypes were flown on March 21, 1981 and May 9, 1981 for the first time. After certification the first Do 228 entered service in the fleet of Norving Flyservice in February 1982. Over the years Dornier offered the 228 in upgraded variants and with special equipment for special missions. In 1998 the production line was stopped for better development of the successor Fairchild-Dornier 328.

[edit] Operators

[edit] Civilian operators

The major operators of the 127 Do 228 aircraft remaining in service in August 2006 include: A Soriano Aviation (3), Air West Coast (1), Dornier Aviation Nigeria (15), Daily Air (Taiwan) (4), Dolphin Air (6), Indian Airlines (2), Inter Island Airways (2), Iran Aseman Airlines (5), Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (6), Air Caraïbes (7), Summit Air (7),Manx2 (2) and Vision Airlines (8). Some 35 other airlines operate smaller numbers of the aircraft.[1] Cosmic Air, a Nepali airline, for example, operates 3 Do 228's Lufttransport (Norway) operates 2 Dornier 228's and Aerocondor (Portugal) operates 1 Do 228. In February 2008, Air Marshall Islands states that they operate 2 Dornier 228 aircraft. http://www.airmarshallislands.com/index.html

[edit] Military operators

[edit] Accident summary

  • Hull-loss accidents: 22 with 109 fatalities
  • Other occurrences: 1 with 3 fatalities
  • Unfiled occurrences: 1 with 0 fatalities
  • Hijackings: 1 with 0 fatalities
  • Selection of incidents: 3 with 0 fatalities
  • On 18 September 2006 ten of Nigeria's most senior army commanders died when their military Dornier 228 crashed near the south-eastern town of Obudu. Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo called the crash a "monumental tragedy". Those killed included eight major generals and two brigadier generals.

[edit] Specifications (Do 228-212)

[edit] General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 19 passengers
  • Length: 16.56 m (54 ft 4 in)
  • Wingspan: 16.97 m (55 ft 7 in)
  • Height: 4.86 m (15 ft 9 in)
  • Wing area: 32.00 m² (345 ft²)
  • Empty: 3,258 kg (7,183 lb)
  • Loaded: kg ( lb)
  • Maximum takeoff: 6,400 kg (14,110 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2x Garrett AiResearch TPE-331-5, 560 kW (776 hp) each

[edit] Performance

  • Maximum speed: 434 km/h (271 mph)
  • Range: 1,037 km (560 miles)
  • Service ceiling: 8,534 m (28,000 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 570 m/min (1,870 ft/min)
  • Wing loading: kg/m² ( lb/ft²)
  • Power/Mass:

[edit] See also

Related development

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

[edit] External links

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