Boeing 727-200F · 227 MSN 21996

Timeline

History

Boeing 727-227, serial number 21996, line number 1571, first flight 12 Jan 1980. Delivered to Braniff Airways on 22 Jan 1980, registered N473BN. Brown/pearl, returned Chico Regional Airport 23 Jul 1982. Operated by US Air on 13 Dec 1983 as N782AL. Re-registered with US Air on 22 Oct 1988 as N768US. Withdrawn from use Phoenix 15.12.92/ owned by Pol 1 Dec 1988, returned 1 Nov 1992. Operated by American Trans Air on 24 Feb 1993 as N768AT. Seen at Phoe full colours (i.s.?)rr4.93 First Security Bank of Utah, TrAS 28 May 1997, First Security Bank to International Air Parts 23 Jan 1998, Comandante FAP German Arias Graziani Airport, Anta 26 Feb 1999, BATA Leasing Cagayan North International Airport, Lal-lo 28 Dec 2001, 4 Jan 2002 (wfu?). Operated by DHL AW-Astar Air Cargo on 31 Jan 2003 as N781DH. Modified (*227F). BATA to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest 31 Jan 2003, F-conv. to be confirmed, seen at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York Mar 2003 full colours, in service old registration, seen at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport 6 Jun 2004 re-registered new colours, ASTAR 29 Sep 2006, withdrawn from use by early May 2009, DHL International GmbH 5 Aug 2009, Wells Fargo Bank Northwest 18 Sep 2009, 28 Sep 2009, cancelled 22 Oct 2009 to YV. Operated by Vensecar Int/DHL on 22 Oct 2009 as YV236T. Repossessed Dec 2009, seen in service Minerva Airlease One inc 9 Jul 2010 yellow DHL colours, seen in service Jan 2013, Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport 14 Jan 2014, retired by Mar 2015 (last Venezolan 727), ferried CCS--Lakeland 10 Mar 2015. Operated by PCG Acquisition 1 Inc on 31 Mar 2015 as N227DD. 13 Apr 2015, still seen at Lakeland 23 Apr 2015, ferried to Panama City Panama City-Tocumen International, Panama 2 May 2015, cancelled 13 Apr 2015. Operated by Air Class L.A. on 21 May 2015 as CX-CLB. Arrived Médouneu Airport, Médouneu, Gabon 24 Oct 2015, seen at Carrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport, Ciudad de la Costa 20 Dec 2015 operational (first sighting of regi), seen at Black Diamond/Flying R Ranch Airport 14 Oct 2016. Operated by Aerosucre as HK-5216. Bought as replacement for crashed 727, seen at Bogotá, Colombia 25 Jan 2017 still Air Class full colour scheme and 'CLB' on nosewheeldoor, seen 13 Feb 2017 re-registered HK-5216X, seen 3 Apr 2017 still yellow ex Air Class basic colour scheme, large Aerosucre titles, seen at Panama City-Tocumen International, Panama Apr 2022 new colour scheme, damaged beyond repair as HK-5216, damaged beyond repair 12 Dec 2025 Barranquilla 0(X) landed with left main undercarriage partially retracted, damaged beyond repair. Current status: written off in an accident.