This former Department of Lands and Forests Turbo Beaver in Ontario was one of three of the type acquired by AirWest in 1978.The aircraft would be re-painted in AirWest's new colors only to suffer an unfortunate accident. After a forced landing, it was recovered by helicopter but dropped from altitude during the move. The remains were sold in 1984 and rebuilt in the USA as N4603U only to disappear.

After making a successful forced landing due to an engine failure, C-FOEM was dropped during recovery by helicopter. It was rebuilt as N4603U.

Delivered to the Province of Ontario's Department of Lands and Forests December 12, 1966, this turbo Beaver first appeared in Vancouver for Air West sometime around 1978. Pictured in the (then) new Air West color scheme, the aircraft would make a successful forced landing in a field after an engine failure later in 1980. Unfortunately during the recovery, it was dropped by the helicopter and written off. It was, however, rebuilt in Seattle to become N4603U in January 1984, and noted as such at Boeing Field in March 1987. It seems to have disappeared from written records after it was cancelled from the register in June 1987.