VH-CZH. Douglas DC-9-31. c/n 47526-603.
Ordered new by Ansett Airlines - 1968 First flown - August 1970 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-CZH - August 27, 1970 Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd Accepted by Ansett at Long Beach - August 28, 1970 Departed Long Beach on delivery flight to Australia - August 28, 1970 Delivery route: Long Beach-Honolulu-Pago Pago-Tontouta-Melbourne Flight crew: Capts R. Pyke, J. E. Elliott; F/O D. Ferguson; Navigator B.S. McEwen Arrived Melbourne Airport at conclusion of delivery flight - August 31, 1970 Operated its first revenue service Melbourne-Launceston - September 2, 1970 Operated its final revenue service as AN24 Hobart-Melbourne - November 29, 1981 Placed in open storage at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport Had flown 28,506 hours Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to U.S.A. - January 11, 1982 Ferry route: Melbourne-Nadi-Pago Pago-Hilo-Seattle-Amarillo-St Petersburg/Clearwater Arrived at Clearwater at conclusion of delivery flight - January 15, 1982 Flight crew: Capts R. Neve, D. James, E. Walters; Engineers L. Hess, J. Sumner Sold to Midway Airlines Inc Overhauled by Air International Inc and converted to U.S. standards Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N934ML - March 2, 1982 Registered to Midway Airlines Inc Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - April 19, 1982 Aircraft was named 'City of Cleveland' Sold to Investors Asset Holding Corp - October 31, 1988 Lease terminated by Midway Airlines and returned to Investors Assest Holding - November 14, 1991 Ferried to Tucson for storage - November 1991 Sold to Capital Equipment Financing - January 11, 1992 Leased to Spirit Airlines Inc - April 29, 1992 Sold to Avteam Inc - February 20, 1998 Sold to Spirit Airlines - June 30, 1998 Sold to Financ. Aereos Internacionales S.A. - July 2001 Leased to Aerorepublica SA, Colombia - July 2001 Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - August 1, 2001 Entered onto Colombian Aircraft Register as HK-4230X - August 1, 2001 Aircraft damaged beyond repair during take-off mishap at Bogota Airport - December 4, 2002 Flight continued to Barranquila with a damaged tail before being ferried back to Bogota Inspection deemed aircraft uneconomic to repair and it was scrapped at Bogota Observed at Bogota with many parts missing - February 11, 2005 |