ZK-NZM Douglas DC-10-30

This aircraft was ordered new by Air New Zealand - ?

Constructed by the McDonnell Douglas Corporation at Longbeach, California

First flown at Longbeach - July 13, 1973

Entered onto the New Zealand Aircraft Register as ZK-NZM - September 13, 1973

Registered to Air New Zealand Limited, Auckland, New Zealand

Accepted by Air New Zealand at the Douglas plant, Longbeach - September 14, 1973

Departed Longbeach on the delivery flight to New Zealand (Captain P. F. Le Couteur) - September 14, 1973

Arrived Auckland on completion of the delivery flight - September 15, 1973

Operated its first revenue service - ?

Withdrawn from service at Auckland Airport - July 1982

Sold to American Airlines - July 1982

Departed Auckland on the ferry flight to the United States - July 1982

Arrived Dallas (Fort Worth) on completion of the ferry flight - July 1982

Cancelled from the New Zealand Aircraft Register - July 17, 1982

Entered onto the United States Aircraft Register as N137AA - July 1982

Registered to American Airlines, Dallas, Texas

Sold to Polaris Leasing - January 1984

Leased to American Airlines as the registered operator

It was withdrawn from service by American Airlines - October 31, 2000

Ferried to Mojave for long-term storage - November 06, 2000

The aircraft had flown 104,691 hours with 19,305 cycles

Work commenced on the aircraft in preparation for an intended sale to a Nigerian airline - October 18, 2001

This sale was cancelled

The aircraft and engines were repossessed by GA Telesis Turbine Technologies - April 24, 2002

The aircraft was declared permanently withdrawn from use - April 26, 2002

Cancelled from the United States Aircraft Register - May 16, 2002

The fuselage was observed at an Alameda scrap yard being parted out - November 2003

It was observed at Alameda with 70% of the airframe broken up - January 02, 2004

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

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-172.)

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

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-173.)

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

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-174.)

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

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-175.)

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

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

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-134.)

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

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-135.)

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

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-136.)

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

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-137.)

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

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-138.)

ZK-NZM. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 18, 1980.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-139.)

ZK-NZM. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 18, 1980.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-176.)

ZK-NZM. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Auckland Airport, March 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-171.)

ZK-NZM. Air New Zealand - in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, January 1981.

(R. N. Smith Copyright Image 1140-011.)

N137AA. American - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, January 1984.

(R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 1140-140.)

N137AA. American - in the standard livery at an unknown airport, July 1984.