Registered N27239 to Textron Financial in December 1988, this Metro was delivered to Mesaba Airlines on lease. The airline re-registered the aircraft N438MA the following July. Returned to Textron in 1997, it was placed on a short lease to Merlin Express (August 1997 - March 1998). Exported to Canada and registered C-FAMC, it was leased to Go Air Citylink (Air Montreal) 1998 - 2001 and Tal Air before Bearskin Airlines bought it in 2003.