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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:340-103
    Last Civil Registration:N14478
    Latest Owner or Location:Cornerstone Construction Inc

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a CV-340-41.

    Civil registration N3448 reserved but not taken up.
    Ordered by Northeast Airlines.

    To Convair with c/r N18B.

    18 September 1953

    To Air Fleets Inc with c/r N8421H {1}.

    3 May 1954

    To The Tribune Company.

    3 May 1954

    To Air Fleets Inc with c/r N730RR.

    Converted to a CV-440.

    27 June 1955

    To General Electric Company.

    29 August 1955

    To General Electric Company with c/r N73012.

    27 October 1964

    To Armstrong Cork Company.

    17 November 1964

    To Armstrong Cork Company with c/r N14278 {1} (340, 103).

    27 March 1973

    To Armstrong Cork Company with c/r N14478.

    12 November 1973

    To Two Jacks Inc.

    25 May 1974

    To North Kingshighwayman.

    15 March 1976


    Photographer: Midway Airport Historians
    Notes: At Chicago Midway Airport

    14 November 1978

    To Edward Kopler and Susan Brown.

    11 June 1979

    To Cornerstone Construction Inc.

    26 August 1979

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. This was an illegal flight. The accident occurred at San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport (SJU) (Puerto Rico) while landing. Narrative: Because of problems extending the right main landing gear, two touch and go landings were made. The pilot then chose to carry out a gear-up landing on runway 10. The 3 occupants were seen running from the plane. Part of the right main gear and the outboard 5 feet of the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator were missing...

    Written off.
    Stored at San Juan, Puerto Rico.


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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
    Aviation Safety Network
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    Terry Fletcher

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