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.

Delivered to Northwest Orient as N577 in 1957. To Kair-Air as OH-KDA in 1964. Converted to a swingtail freigher in 1968. To Trans Air Link as N867TA in 1982 then to Northern Air Cargo in 1986. Damaged beyond repair in a heavy landing at Deadhorse-Alpine Airstrip, AK in 2001.

ex Northwest N577 and OH-KDA Karair - went to Northern Air Cargo in 1986. Written off Deadhorse-Alpine Airstrip September 2001. (photographer unknown)

The aircraft had been re-registered as N867TA to Trans Air Link Corporation in June 1982 and when photographed was stored with its Kar-Air titles and former registration OH-KDA removed.

Written off at Deadhorse-Alpine Airstrip AK on 25 Sep 2001 after a heavy landing and wing separation (quite similar to the fate of N4390F of Everts Air Fuel)

One of the two Swingtail DC-6's of Northern Air Cargo. Crashed in Northern Alaska in september 2001.

The humps on the rear fuselage are the hinges of the swingtail.