This aircraft was ordered new by Aer Lingus, Ireland - ?

This was the 15th Fokker Friendship to be rolled off the Fokker production line

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FAN - April 09, 1959

Registered to NV KNV Fokker, Schiphol-Zuid, Netherlands

First flown at Amsterdam (Schiphol) as PH-FAN - April 09, 1959

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - ?

Entered onto the Irish Aircraft Register as EI-AKF - May 06, 1959

Registered to Aer Lingus, Dublin, Ireland

The aircraft was named 'St Finghin'

The aircraft was sold to New Zealand National Airways Corporation - January 11, 1966

Withdrawn from Aer Lingus service at Dublin - January 19, 1966

Cancelled from the Irish Aircraft Register - January 19, 1966

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FSA - January 19, 1966

Registered to NV KNV Fokker, Schiphol-Zuid, Netherlands

It arrived at Christchurch on completion of the ferry flight from The Netherlands - January 28, 1966

The aircraft had flown a total of 11, 538 hours at time of delivery to NAC

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NAA - January 31, 1966

Registered to New Zealand Aircraft Corporation (NAC), Wellington, New Zealand

The aircraft was named 'Kohihi' (stitchbird)

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - February 16, 1966

This aircraft was operated on New Zealand domestic services

New Zealand National Airways Corporation merged with Air New Zealand - April 01, 1978

Withdrawn from use and placed in open storage at Christchurch - May 23, 1981

Sold to Australian Aircraft Sales (AAS), Sydney, Australia - June 01, 1981

The aircraft remained in open storage at Christchurch

Sold to Tunisavia, Tunis, Tunisia - March 19, 1983

It was overhauled and repainted into the Tunisavia livery at Christchurch by Air New Zealand

Departed Christchurch on the ferry flight to Tunisia - August 18, 1983

This aircraft flew in formation with TS-LVA (exZK-NAF) and TS-LVC (ex ZK-NAB)

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - September 11, 1983

Entered onto the Tunisian Aircraft Register as 'TS-TVB' - September 11, 1983

This registration may not have been genuine as the aircraft was delivered direct to Yemen and not Tunisia

Sold to Maldives International Airways, Male, Maldives as '8Q-CA002' - 1984

Sold to the Yemen Arab Republic Air Force as 'YAF202' - ?

Sold to Aeronica (Aerolineas Nicuraguenses), Managua, Nicaragua - April 1985

Entered onto the Nicaraguan Aircraft Register as 'YN-BZF' - ?

The aircraft was destroyed on the ferry flight to Aeronica - April 20, 1985

The crash occured 280 km west of Kulusuk, Greenland

The crew experienced difficulties in transferring fuel from the ferry tanks installed in the cabin

They elected to return to Kulusuk but couldn't see the airfield due to deteriorating weather conditions

The aircraft impacted the snow whilst trying to make an emergency landing

Of the five occupants in the aircraft two were killed

ZK-NAA. NAC New Zealand National Airways Corporation - 'Kohihi' in the second livery at Wellington Airport, circa 1966.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1991-145.)

ZK-NAA. NAC New Zealand National Airways Corporation - 'Kohihi' in the second livery at Hamilton Rukuhia Airport, circa 1966.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1991-153.)

ZK-NAA. Air New Zealand - 'Kohihi' in the transitional livery at Auckland Airport, September 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1991-099.)

ZK-NAA. Tunisavia - in the standard livery at Christchurch Airport, August 14, 1983.

(J. Mounce Copyright Image 1991-100.)