Initially delivered to Newark, NJ based Holiday Airlines (N1569L) May 3, 1989, this Beech 1900 was taken back by Beech when the airline declared bankruptcy in March 1990. Registered to Central Mountain Air in July 1990, it was the first of twenty-five Beech 1900s (six 1900Cs and 19 1900Ds) owned or leased by the airline. This aircraft was sold to Northern Thunderbird Air in 2005 where it flew until sold to Alpine Air Express (N61UC) in 2017.