McDonnell Douglas MD-81 MSN 48049

Registration N827US · US Airways

Scrapped

Identity

TypeMcDonnell Douglas MD-81
Variant81
FamilyDC9
Series—
Line Number983
Test Reg—

Operators

OperatorUS Airways

Timeline

First Flight

27 Mar 1981

Delivery

02 Jul 1981

Age

45.6 yrs

Last Updated

29 Oct 2026

Remarks

Austral NTU Dougl ret 21.12.82

History

McDonnell Douglas MD-81, serial number 48049, line number 983. Delivered to Muse Air on 2 Jul 1981, registered N10029. Austral not taken up Dougl returned 21 Dec 1982. Leased to Midway Airlines on 17 Sep 1983. Sub-leased to PSA on 21 May 1985. Owned by USAL Jun 1987. Merged into US Air on 9 Apr 1988 as N827US. Owned by US Jul 1993. Renamed US Airways on 27 Feb 1997. Seen 3 Apr 2002 Las Vegas basic colours stored, Alameda Corp 17 Apr 2002, seen at Las Vegas 2 Dec 2002 stored, ferried to Tucson 23 Jan 2003, seen 8 Mar 2004, Aeroturbine Inc 22 Jun 2004, cancelled 17 May 2006 permanently withdrawn from use Tucson. Current status: scrapped.

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