The aircraft was delivered new to Pacific Northern Airlines (PNA) as N720V in March 1962, and after PNA's 1967 merger with Western Airlines it was repainted in the latter's livery. In 1973, after a period of storage at Las Vegas, it was acquired by Alaska Airlines and re-registered N301AS; it served with them until December 1975 when it, and a sister-ship, was traded to Pan American in part exchange for 4 Boeing 727-21s and flown to MIA for storage. In January 1984 it was noted that the breaking up process had been started and the registration was cancelled in January 1987.

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