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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-580
    Construction Number:340-186
    Last Civil Registration:ZS-SKI
    Latest Owner or Location:Skyhaul

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CV-340-60.

    Converted to a CV-580F.

    To unknown owner with c/r N73156.

    To unknown owner with c/r N73156.

    To unknown owner with c/r OO-DHH.

    To unknown owner with c/r EC-255.

    To Swiftair, S. A. Op. for DHL/EAT with c/r EC-GHN (Convair 580-F, 186).

    Withdrawn from use.
    10-04/29-06-05 Madrid.

    To unknown owner with c/r EC-GHN.

    To unknown owner with c/r ZS-SKI.

    Redesignated as CV-340-31.

    To unknown owner with c/r N73156.

    Converted to a CV-580.

    To unknown owner with c/r N73156 (340-31, 186).

    18 August 1970

    Civil registration, N73156, cancelled.

    20 September 1988

    Civil registration, N73156, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r OO-DHH.

    To unknown owner with c/r EC-255.

    To unknown owner with c/r EC-GHN.

    To unknown owner with c/r ZS-SKI.

    Withdrawn from use.

    By 24 March 2006

    To Skyhaul with c/r ZS-SKI (Convair CV-580F, 186).
    Operated for LAC - SkyCongo.

    24 March 2006

    Crashed.
    Summary: The damage to the airframe was substantial. The event occurred at Kinshasa-NDjili Airport (FIH) (Congo (Democratic Republic)) while standing. The airframe was damaged beyond repair. Narrative: Reportedly sustained damage when it was struck by an Antonov 26. The An-26 was blown into the Convair during a thunderstorm at Kinshasa-NDjili Airport (FIH). ZS-SKI was withdrawn from use and was still stored at Kinshasa as of 2009.


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    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

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    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Aviation Safety Network
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Spanish Register of Civil Aircraft Since 1920 by Jose Ramon Valero

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