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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:440-459
    Last Civil Registration:N589X
    Latest Owner or Location:N589X Inc, Spanaway, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CV-440-97.

    Converted to a CV-580F.

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-BZI.

    To unknown owner with c/r N8420H {2}.

    By 21 December 1976

    To U. S. Air with c/r N5811.

    21 December 1976

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number NYC77FA023: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 13:45 hours. The aircraft was not damaged. Incident occurred at the Bradford Regional Airport, Bradford, PA. The flight departed from Pittsburgh, PA, with the destination Bradford, PA. There was an unspecified incident while standing with engine (s) not operating. The factors included; snow. The sky conditions were overcast. The ceiling was 1200 feet at the accident site...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    Converted to a CV-580.

    Circa 1 October 1982

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5811 (440, 459) issued.

    1 October 1982

    To Freedom Airlines Inc, Cleveland, OH.

    18 October 1984

    Civil registration, N5811, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r C-GGWF.

    To unknown owner with c/r OO-DHL.

    1 September 1992


    Photographer: Clive Hindmarch
    Notes: 1992 photo of DHL Convair at Manchester UK

    To Swiftair, S. A. Op. for DHL/EAT with c/r EC-HMS.

    To N589X Inc, Spanaway, WA with c/r N589X.

    21 October 2008

    Civil registration, N589X, cancelled.
    Exported to Mexico.

    To unknown owner with c/r OO-DHL.

    19 June 2014

    To N589X Inc, Spanaway, WA.


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

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

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