This aircraft was originally ordered new by Butler Air Transport - December 13, 1956

Order taken over by Ansett-A.N.A. - June 28, 1958

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-FBD - October 15, 1959

Registered to NV Kon. Ned. Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker

First flown as 'PH-FBD' - October 15, 1959

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FNB - December 03, 1959

Registered to Anustralian National Airways Pty Ltd, Melbourne

Accepted by Ansett at Amsterdam (Schiphol) - December 03, 1959

Departed Amsterdam on the delivery flight to Australia in the Ansett-ANA livery - December 04, 1959

It arrived at Melbourne (Essendon) on completion of the delivery flight - December 11, 1959

Delivery route: Schiphol - Rome - Athens - Beirut - Damascus - Bahrain - Karachi - Delhi - Calcutta -

Bangkok - Saigon - Zamboanga - Biak - Darwin - Alice Springs - Melbourne

Flight crew: Captains J. Hailey, R. Stapleton, Britten; Navigator W. C. Kennedy; LAME Junker

Repainted into Airlines of N.S.W. livery before entering service

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - December 16, 1959

Operated its first Airlines of N.S.W. revenue service - December 19, 1959

Registered to Airlines of N.S.W. - February 14, 1961

Transferred to Ansett-A.N.A. - May 1962

It was substantially damaged at Canberra Airport when the landing gear collapsed - December 11, 1962

The pilot reported brake pressure was lost on gear extension prior to landing

The ground locks had not been fitted prior to recharging the system with the round compressor

The right-hand landing gear retracted causing the right wing tip to buckle upwards some eight degrees

The right wing was removed and repaired before the aircraft was ferried to Melbourne (Essendon) for complete repair

Transferred to Ansett Airlines of Australia - November 01, 1968

Registered to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd - November 25, 1969

Leased to Ansett Airlines of South Australia - February 26, 1971 to March 27, 1971

Returned to Ansett Airlines of Australia - March 28, 1971 to October 26, 1971

Leased to Ansett Airlines of South Australia - October 31, 1971

Withdrawn from service and ferried to Melbourne (Tullamarine) for storage - July 05, 1976

Sold to Australian Aircraft Sales - December 21, 1976

Sold to Merpati Nusantara Airlines - August 28, 1977

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 09, 1977

Entered onto the Indonesian Aircraft Register as PK-MFP - September 10, 1977

Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to Indonesia - September 11, 1977

The aircraft was amed 'Flores'

It was substantially damaged in a landing accident at Jakarta (Kemayoran) - January 14, 1978

The pilot flared too late due to weather conditions and the aircraft touched-down on its nosewheel

The front fuselage was wrinkled upto Station 5050 and bent upwards but no injuries to the 40 passengers and crew

Temporary repairs made by the Fokker working party

Ferried to Woensdrecht for full repairs - August 24, 1978

Returned to service after repairs - February 22, 1979

Withdrawn from Merpati service and stored Surabaya, Indonesia - April 09, 1994

Scrapped - October 1998

The aircraft had flown 57,899 hours and 27,918 cycles