Ordered new by Ansett Airlines - 1968

First flown - February 1970

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZG - February 13, 1970

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd

Accepted by Ansett at Long Beach - February 13, 1970

Departed Long Beach on delivery flight to Australia - February 14, 1970

Delivery route: Long Beach-Honolulu-Pago Pago-Nadi-Tontouta-Sydney-Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts A. Lane, P. Barson, N.F. Schmidt; Navigator B.S. McEwen

Arrived Sydney Airport at conclusion of delivery flight - February 17, 1970

Ferried Sydney-Melbourne - February 18, 1970

Operated its first revenue service - February 20, 1970

Involved in an attempted highjacking at Sydney Airport - May 14, 1970

Young male passenger entered cockpit armed with a gun (toy) and demanded they depart immediately

Passengers were evacuated via rear stairs without knowing about the drama

Highjacker left the aircraft after some 30 minutes and was subsequently arrested and charged

Operated its final revenue service Adelaide-Melbourne - February 5, 1982

Placed in open storage at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport

Had flown 30,452 hours

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to U.S.A. - March 22, 1982

Ferry route: Melbourne-Nadi-Pago Pago-Hilo-Seattle-Amarillo-St Petersburg/Clearwater

Flight crew: Capts F. Boomsma, A. Gloster; Engineers R. Watson, P. Reed

Sold to Midway Airlines Inc

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N936ML - May 1, 1982

Registered to Midway Airlines Inc

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - June 4, 1982

Overhauled by Air International Inc and converted to U.S. standards

Sold to Seventh HFC Leasing Corp - August 1984

Sold to Pegasus Capital Corp (Pegasus Aircraft Partners) - May 1990

Lease terminated by Midway Airlines and returned to Pegasus - March 27, 1991

Sale to AAA Airlines (Aust) for use on proposed Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane shuttle service did not happen

Leased to Aeronaves de Mexico SA t/a Aeromexico - July 31, 1992

Aircraft destroyed at General Lucio Blanco Airport, Reynosa, Mexico - October 6, 2000

Was operating a flight from Mexico City when it overran wet runway on landing

The aircraft's back was broken and it was written off

Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register -