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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-580
    Last Military Serial:57-2550 USAF
    Construction Number:440-479
    Last Civil Registration:N49
    Latest Owner or Location:Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma City, OK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-131E-CO by Convair at San Diego, CA.

    Circa 1957

    Was allocated s/n 57-2550 with the United States Air Force but was not taken up.

    1958

    To Federal Aviation Administration with new c/r N103.

    Converted to a CV-580.

    To Federal Aviation Administration keeping c/r N103.

    8 April 1968

    To Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma City, OK with new c/r N49.

    7 November 2000

    Certificate of airworthiness for N49 (440, 479) issued.

    17 September 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX49 (440, 479) issued.

    20 September 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX49 (440, 479) issued.

    26 September 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX49 (440, 479) issued.

    4 March 2013

    To Federal Aviation Administration, Atlantic City, NJ keeping c/r N49.

    7 August 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX49 (440, 479) issued.

    19 November 2015


    Photographer: Owen ORourke
    Notes: At Charlotte Douglas Airport (KCLT)

    19 November 2015


    Photographer: Owen ORourke
    Notes: At Charlotte Douglas Airport (KCLT)

    29 July 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX49 (440, 479) issued.

    13 January 2017

    To Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma City, OK keeping c/r N49.

    3 October 2019

    Civil registration, N49, cancelled.


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

    Print Sources
    Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood

    Internet Sources
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    Terry Fletcher

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