Originally ordered by Butler Air Transport - December 13, 1956

Order taken over by Ansett-A.N.A. - June 28, 1958

Entered onto Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FBD - October 15, 1959

Registered to KNV Fokker NV, BvL

First flown as PH-FBD - October 15, 1959

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FNB - December 3, 1959

Registered to Ansett-A.N.A.

Accepted by Ansett at Schiphol - December 3, 1959

Departed Schiphol on delivery flight to Australia - December 4, 1959

Arrived Melbourne in full Ansett-A.N.A. livery at conclusion of delivery flight - December 11, 1959

Ferry route: Schiphol-Rome-Athens-Beirut-Damascus-Bahrain-Karachi-Delhi-Calcutta-Bangkok-

Saigon-Zamboanga-Biak-Darwin-Alice Springs-Melbourne

Flight crew: Capts J. Hailey, R. Stapleton, Britten; Navigator W.C. Kennedy; LAME Junker

Repainted into Airlines of N.S.W. livery before entering service

Cancelled from Dutch Aircraft Register - December 16, 1959

Flew its first Airlines of N.S.W. revenue service - December 19, 1959

Registered to Airlines of N.S.W. - February 14, 1961

Transferred to Ansett-A.N.A. - May 1962

Substantially damaged at Canberra Airport when landing gear collapsed - December 11, 1962

Pilot reported brake pressure lost on gear extension prior to landing

Ground locks had not been fitted prior to recharging system with ground compressor

Right-hand landing gear retracted causing right wing to buckle upwards some eight degrees

Right wing removed and repaired before aircraft ferried to Melbourne for complete repair

Transferred to Ansett Airlines of Australia - November 1, 1968

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd - November 25, 1969

Leased to Ansett Airlines of South Australia - February 26, 1971 to March 27, 1971

Returned to Ansett Airlines of Australia - March 28, 1971 to October 26, 1971

Leased to Ansett Airlines of South Australia - October 31, 1971

Withdrawn from service and ferried to Tullamarine for storage - July 5, 1976

Sold to Australian Aircraft Sales - December 21, 1976

Sold to Merpati Nusantara Airlines - August 28, 1977

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - September 9, 1977

Entered onto Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-MFP - September 10, 1977

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight to Indonesia - September 11, 1977

Aircraft named 'Flores'

Substantially damaged in landing accident at Jakarta-Kemayoran Airport - January 14, 1978

Pilot flared too late due to weather conditions and aircraft touched-down on nosewheel

Front fuselage wrinkled upto Station 5050 and bent upwards but no injuries to 40 passengers & crew

Temporary repairs made by Fokker working party

Ferried to Woensdrecht for full repairs - August 24, 1978

Returned to service after repairs - February 22, 1979

Withdrawn from Merpati service and stored Surabaya, Indonesia - April 9, 1994

Scrapped - October 1998

Aircraft had flown 57,899 hours and 27,918 cycles

VH-FNB. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the original livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, December 1959.

(E. D. Daw Collection. 1999-146.)

VH-FNB. Airlines of N.S.W. - in the original livery at Sydney Airport, December 1959.

(G. Bennett Collection. 1993-358.)

VH-FNB. Ansett-A.N.A. - after its accident at Canberra Airport, December 1962.

(R. Bitcon Photograph. 1993-999.)

VH-FNB. Ansett-A.N.A. - after its accident at Canberra Airport, December 1962.

(R. Bitcon Photograph. 1993-998.)

VH-FNB. Ansett-A.N.A. - after its accident at Canberra Airport, December 1962.

(R. Bitcon Photograph. 1993-997.)

VH-FNB. Ansett-A.N.A. - in original livery with radar at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, December 1963.

(B. Dannecker Collection. 1999-751.)

VH-FNB. Ansett-A.N.A. - in original livery with radar at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, December 1963.

(John Hopton Photograph. 1999-290.)

VH-FNB. Ansett-A.N.A. - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(G. Bennett Collection. 1993-359.)

VH-FNB. Ansett-A.N.A. - in the final livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(G. Bennett Collection. 1993-360.)

 

VH-FNB. Ansett-A.N.A. - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, April 1967.

(B. Dannecker Collection. 1999-242.)

VH-FNB. Ansett Airlines of Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Essendon Airport, date unknown.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1999-040.)

VH-FNB. Ansett Airlines of South Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, July 1976.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1993-361.)

VH-FNB. Ansett Airlines of South Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, September 1976.

(R. Waller Collection. 1999-454.)

VH-FNB. Ansett Airlines of South Australia - in the 'delta' livery at Melbourne Airport, October 1976.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1999-827.)

PK-MFP. Merpati Nusantara Airlines - in the original livery at Jakarta Airport, July 1978.

(H. Groen Collection. 1999-895.)