After spending several years in the jungles of Nicaragua after an accident, the remains of this Otter were recovered and sold as scrap. It was, however, rebuilt in Seattle in 1982 and registered N8510T. Registered to Viking Air as C-GTIL in 2007, the aircraft was converted to turbine power. Viking had purchased the rights to the Cox turbine design and finished the engineering to certify the conversion. The aircraft re-assumed the registration N8510T in 2013.

Delivered to the US Army as 58-1694, this Otter went to Vietnam in 1963. Placed in storage at Vung Tau for disposal in 1971, it was among 5 Otters donated to Nicaragua. Damaged landing in the jungle in 1976, it was recovered in 1979 and with another wrecked Otter, shipped to Miami as scrap. They were trucked to Duncan, BC where parts were used to rebuild Otter 288. Photographed here on the way to Boeing Field to be rebuilt, it was flying as N8510T by 1982 and had a turbine conversion in 2007