This DC-9 was delivered new to Turkish Airlines August 24, 1970. Sold to Valujet and was registered N927V November 1994. After a merger in September 1997 with airTran Airways, it was re-registered N838AT. The aircraft was declared a write off August 8, 1980 after skidding off the runway in Greesboro, NC during an emergency landing due to an on board fire.