McDonnell Douglas MD-83 MSN 49793

Timeline

Remarks

GPA, F-GGME IrA NTU

History

McDonnell Douglas MD-83, serial number 49793, line number 1656. Delivered to Minerve Canada on 1 Dec 1989, registered C-GKMV. Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group, F-GGME IrA not taken up. Returned to GPA in Feb 1990 as N511RP. Leased to German Wings on 27 Apr 1990 as D-AGWF. Stored Mun 30 Apr 1990, Lmw Jun 1990. Leased to LAV-Aeropostal on 25 Jun 1991 as YV-42C. Returned Guinness Peat Aviation/GPA Group 30 Jan 1993. Operated by FSBU r in Mar 1993 as N793DG. Withdrawn from use seen at Marana 4 Mar 1993. Leased to Reno Air in Jun 1993 as N872RA. Registered Jul 1993, GATX(CC)=Capital Corporation, (LC)=Leasing Corporation May 1995, FINOVA Capital Corporation Jan 1997. Merged into American Airlines on 31 Aug 1999. Withdrawn from use 2 Apr 2000 Oklahoma City total time 23476, 19925 l owned by Finova, seen 26 Apr 2000 hangared white, ferried to Tucson 24 May 2000, returned FINOVA Capital Corporation, seen 23 Jun 2000 white, seen 12 May 2001, seen at Goodyear AZ 5 Oct 2001 white, seen 17 Jan 2002. Operated by Spirit Airlines on 29 Mar 2002 as N827NK. Owned by FINOVA Capital Corporation, re-registered 20 May 2002, seen Cincinnati 27 May 2002 new blue colours, re-registered, returned lessor Jun 2005. Operated by Swiftair on 24 Jun 2005 as EC-JJS. Seen at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport 29 Jun 2005, passengers config, white, for flying out illegal immigrants to Northern Africa (replacing the ex DL 727), ferried to Khartoum 2 Nov 2005 UN colours, seen at Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands 1 Feb 2007 white/UN titles, seen at London Gatwick Airport 13 Aug 2009 operated for Atlas Blue, UN titles painted out, ferried to Khartoum International Airport 26 Aug 2009 back in UN colours, ferried Khartoum International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport 15 Jan 2010 returned, damaged Kandahar 24 Jan 2012, right wing struck ground while flaring on landing, operated for Gryphon Airlines, then taxied to ramp 0(92), seen 3 Feb 2012 with starboard wing damage after incident, to be scrapped (repossessed May 2012). Current status: scrapped.