This aircraft was ordered new by Air New Zealand - ?

Constructed by the McDonnell Douglas Corporation at Longbeach, California

First flown at Longbeach - July 1977

Powered by General Electric CF6-50C2 engines

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NZT - November 09, 1976

Registered to Air New Zealand Limited, Auckland, New Zealand

Accepted by Air New Zealand at the Douglas plant, Longbeach - November 10, 1977

Departed Longbeach on the delivery flight to New Zealand (Captain I. Gemmell) - November 10, 1977

Arrived Auckland on completion of the delivery flight - November 11, 1977

Operated its first revenue service - November 1977

Withdrawn from service and prepared for lease to LanChile - May 1982

Leased to LanChile, Santiago - June 09, 1982

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - June 10, 1982

Entered onto the Chilean Aircraft Register as CC-CJT - June 1982

Leased to LanChile, Santiago as the registered operator

Returned to Air New Zealand at the end of the lease - March 1986

Cancelled from the Chilean Aircraft Register - July 1986

Sold to International Lease Finance Corporation, USA - 1986

The aircraft was prepared for lease to American Airlines by Air New Zealand

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N164AA - June 16, 1986

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

Departed Auckland on the ferry flight to the United States - June 17, 1986

Operated its first American Airlines revenue service - ?

The aircraft was withdrawn from service - January 02, 1994

It was ferried to Tulsa, Oklahoma for storage - January 05, 1994

It was returned to service with American Airlines - September 06, 1994

It was again withdrawn from service and stored at Amarillo, Texas - January 11, 1996

The aircraft had flown 60,914 hours with 12,998 cycles to date

Ferried Amarillo - Tulsa for maintenance - June 17, 1996

It was returned to service with American Airlines - July 18, 1996

Operated its final revenue service - November 2000

Withdrawn from service at Dallas (Fort Worth) - November 20, 2000

Ferried Dallas (Fort Worth) - Mojave for storage - December 04, 2000

The aircraft had flown 75,285 hours with 15,414 cycles to date

Sold to Pegasus Leasing Inc - June 15, 2001

The aircraft remained stored at Mojave

Sold to ART 46950 LLC, San Francisco - February 07, 2003

Parting out and scrapping was carried out at Mojave

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - March 31, 2011

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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CC-CJT. LanChile - in the standard livery at Miami International Airport, November 1984.

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N164AA. American - in the standard livery at London Gatwick Airport, June 1987.

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