addition to the 581 F27s built by Fokker, 128 F-27s and 78 FH-227s were built. , only one Fairchild FH-227 aircraft, FH-227E serial number 501 belonging to the Myanmar Air Force, remained in active service. Former operators (Source: Roach & Eastwood) Sahara Airlines (FH-227) CATA Linea Aerea (FH-227) Bahamasair (FH-227) Paraense Transportes Aereos (FH-227) TABA – Transportes Aereos da Bacia Amazonica (FH-227) VARIG (FH-227) Norcanair (F-27) Nordair (FH-227) Time Air (F-27) Quebecair (F-27) Aeronor Chile (FH-27A) Air Melanesie (F-27) Air Polynesie (F-27) TAT European Airlines (FH-227) Korean Air Lines (F-27, FH-227) Turkish Airlines (F-27) Airlift International (F-27, FH-227) Air New England (FH-227) AirPac (FH-227B) – Alaska-based air carrier Air South (F-27) Air West (subsequently renamed Hughes Airwest) – former Bonanza Air Lines, Pacific Air Lines and West Coast Airlines F-27 aircraft Allegheny Airlines (F-27) Aloha Airlines (F-27) Aspen Airways (F-27) Bonanza Air Lines (F-27) Connectair (F-27) Delta Air Lines (FH-227B) – former Northeast Airlines aircraft Empire Airlines (F-27) Horizon Air (F-27) Hughes Airwest (F-27) – former Air West aircraft Mohawk Airlines (FH-227) Northeast Airlines (FH-227) Northern Consolidated Airlines (F-27B combi aircraft) – merged with Wien Air Alaska Oceanair (F-27) Ozark Airlines (F-27, FH-227) Pacific Air Lines (F-27) Piedmont Airlines (1948–1989) (F-27, FH-227) Shawnee Airlines (FH-227) Southeast Airlines (F-27) West Coast Airlines (F-27) Wien Air Alaska (F-27B Combi aircraft) – Former Northern Consolidated Airlines aircraft that were capable of mixed passenger/cargo operations Uruguayan Air Force Avensa (F-27) Notable accidents Of the 78 FH-227s built, 23 crashed. On February 25, 1962, an Avensa F-27A crashed into a mountain on Margarita Island, killing all 23 on board. On November 15, 1964, Bonanza Air Lines Flight 114, flying from Phoenix, Arizona, to Las Vegas, Nevada, crashed into a mountain south of Las Vegas during poor weather. No one survived among the 26 passengers and three crew on board. On March 10, 1967, West Coast Airlines Flight 720 crashed with four fatalities and no survivors near Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Fairchild F-27 was bound for Medford, Oregon, from Klamath Falls, and crashed due to ice accumulation on the aircraft. On August 10, 1968, Piedmont Airlines Flight 230 was on an ILS localizer-only approach to Charleston-Kanawha County Airport (CRW) runway 23 when it struck trees 360 feet from the runway threshold. The aircraft continued and struck up-sloping terrain short of the runway in a nose-down attitude. The aircraft continued up the hill and onto the airport,