Delivered to Northwest Orient Airlines as DC-6B N577 in 1957, it served until 1964 when it was acquired by the Finnish operator KAR-AIR and registered OH-KDA. In 1968 it was converted to swing-tail (ST) configuration by SABENA at Brussels. In 1982 it was sold to Trans Air Link as N867TA, passing to Northern Air Cargo in 1986. Sadly, on 25th September 2001, this beautiful propliner was destroyed when, just after touchdown at Deadhorse-Alpine Airstrip, AK., the left wing broke free from the fuselage, the aircraft veered to the left of the runway, down an embankment, and was consumed by fire.