This aircraft was ordered new by Air New Zealand - ?

Constructed by the McDonnell Douglas Corporation at Longbeach, California

First flown at Longbeach - December 06, 1973

Powered by General Electric CF6-50C2 engines

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NZN - January 17, 1974

Registered to Air New Zealand Limited, Auckland, New Zealand

Accepted by Air New Zealand at the Douglas plant, Longbeach - January 18, 1974

Departed Longbeach on the delivery flight to New Zealand (Captain P. F. Le Couteur) - January 18, 1974

Arrived Auckland on completion of the delivery flight - January 19, 1974

Operated its first revenue service - ?

Leased to Malaysian Airline System in the basic Air New Zealand livery - November 26, 1978

Returned to Air New Zealand at the end of the lease - December 26, 1978

Operated its final revenue service - ?

Withdrawn from service at Auckland Airport - April 14, 1981

Sold to International Lease Finance Corporation, USA

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - April 22, 1981

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N821L - April 1981

Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation

Leased to Western Airlines as the registered operator

Returned to International Lease Finance Corporation at the end of the lease - ?

Leased to Air Pacific, Fiji as the registered operator - September 21, 1983

It was operated by Air Pacific on their Nadi - Honolulu - Los Angeles route

Returned to International Lease Finance Corporation at the end of the lease - December 28, 1984

Reregistered as N144AA - January 03, 1985

Registered to International Lease Finance Corporation

Leased to American Airlines, Dallas Fort Worth, Texas as the registered operator

Withdrawn from service by American Airlines - October 13, 2000

Ferried to Mojave for long term storage - December 05, 2000

The aircraft had flown 103,400 hours with 20, 297 cycles

It was ferried Amarillo - Marana for storage - November 10, 1993

The aircraft was sold for scrapping by GA Telesis Turbine Technologies - October 2001

It was declared permanently withdrawn from use - April 26, 2002

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - April 26, 2002

The fuselage remains were seen at an Alameda scrap yard - November 2003

ZK-NZN. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1978.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-170.)

ZK-NZN. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, April 1978.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-169.)

ZK-NZN. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1978.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-141.)

ZK-NZN. Malaysian Airline System - in the 'Air New Zealand' livery at Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport, November 1978.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-097.)

ZK-NZN. Malaysian Airline System - in the 'Air New Zealand' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, December 1978.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-168.)

ZK-NZN. Malaysian Airline System - in the 'Air New Zealand' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, December 1978.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-003.)

ZK-NZN. Malaysian Airline System - in the 'Air New Zealand' livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, December 1978.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-012.)

ZK-NZN. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1979.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-143.)

ZK-NZN. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1979.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-142.)

ZK-NZN. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, September 1979.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-144.)

ZK-NZN. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, May 1980.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-145.)

N821L. Western - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, July 1982.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-146.)

N821L. Air Pacific - in the standard livery at Honolulu Airport, December 1983.

(R. S. Reid Collection Copyright Image 1140-201.)

N821L. Air Pacific - in the standard livery at Hololulu Airport, December 1984.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-147.)

N821L. Air Pacific - in the standard livery at Los Angeles Airport, December 06, 1984.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-221.)

N144AA. American - in the standard livery at London Gatwick Airport, July 1986.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-148.)