Boeing 727-200F · 232 MSN 20643

Timeline

History

Boeing 727-232, serial number 20643, line number 951, first flight 14 Jun 1973. Delivered to Delta Airlines on 23 Jun 1973, registered N461DA. N470DA not taken up. Operated by People Express on 31 Aug 1984 as N520PE. Merged into Continental Airlines on 1 Feb 1987. Owned by UnTrust. Re-registered with Continental Airlines in Nov 1990 as N17789. RUSTC Dec 1992, USTC returned Mar 1995, seen at Marana 10 Apr 1995, Gap-Tallard Airfield, Tallard, Hautes-Alpes 20 Apr 1995, cancelled Aug 1995 permanent withdrawn from use, StBarbara Aerosp. 26.10.95. Leased to Ryan Int Airlines in Jun 1996. Modified (*232F). Converted F Jun 1996, NFC sub-lsd, TPLC 19 Dec 1996. Sub-leased to Pacific Air Expr. Seen at Brisbane Seattle Paine Field International Airport, Everett tit/own NaF. Returned to National Fisheries. Seen at Miami International Airport colourful fc/opb Ryan Int… operated by Ryan for Emery by Jan 1998, NatFish full colours seen 13 Feb 1998 Phoe. Leased to Asia Pacific Airlines in May 1998. Owned by TPLC, FINOVA CC 30 Nov 1999, ferried San Bernardino-Marana 20 Oct 2000, ferried to Opa-Locka 17 Jul 2001, seen 2 Sep 2001 white, Platinum titles/tail colours. Leased to Platinum Commercial Air Cargo on 31 Aug 2001. Owned by FINOVA Capital Corporation, seen at Opa-Locka 22 Oct 2001, stored, seen 8 Dec 2001 full colours, seen parked Miami International Airport 19 Mar 2002 white, Platinum titles/tail colours, seen stored Goodyear 4 Jul 2002 identified, seen 25 Dec 2003, FINOVA Capital Corporation to WBS Capital 1 Mar 2004, seen at Opa-Locka 16 Apr 2004. Operated by WBS Capital Ltd on 1 Mar 2004 as N727PL. Seen at Opa-Locka 16 Apr 2004, re-registered reserved 17 May 2004, seen 15 Jun 2004 old registration, full Platinum colours, re-registered 10 Jul 2004, still seen 15 Jul 2004 old registration painted, seen 7 Nov 2004 new registration, left engine (at least) missing, seen 5 Jan 2005 no engines but fairly good condition, seen 13 Nov 2006 parts missing, seen 1 Mar 2009 in Platinum colour scheme, seen 6 Mar 2011 no engines, seen 18 Mar 2012. Current status: scrapped.