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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-440
    Construction Number:340-125
    Last Civil Registration:N8415H
    Latest Owner or Location:Allegheny Airlines Inc, Washington, DC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CV-340-47.

    To U. S. Air with c/r N8415H.

    19 October 1962

    Crashed.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number NYC62A0108: There was one fatality. Incident occurred at 20:52 hours. There was minor damage. The flight departed from Washington, DC, stopping at Providence, RI, on the way to Windsor Lock, CT. There was an unspecified incident while descending. The factors included; improper emergency procedures. Report remarks include: Undetected insecure latching of rear service door caused in flight explosive decomp, ejected hostess...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    Converted to a CV-440.

    To Allegheny Airlines Inc, Washington, DC.

    23 July 1965

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. There were 26,266 hours on the airframe at the time. The domestic scheduled passenger flight departed Williamsport-Lycoming County Airport, PA (IPT/KIPT), United States of America and was destined for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, PA (AVP/KAVP), United States of America. The accident occurred at 8 km (5 mls) ENE of Montoursville, PA (United States of America) while in the initial climb. Narrative: The Convair was turning back to the airport with the no...

    Written off.

    22 July 1968

    Civil registration, N8415H, cancelled.
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