Dates

Event

1954

Constructed as a CV-340-79.

1954

To General Dynamics Corporation with new c/r N8431H.

1954

Photographer: San Diego Air and Space Museum Collection

February 1955

Converted to a CV-440.

To General Dynamics Corporation keeping c/r N8431H.

14 October 1955

To John W. Mecom with new c/r N776.

22 December 1959

To The Nibroc Corporation keeping c/r N776.

30 December 1959

To Engelhard Industries with new c/r N270E.

February 1963

Converted to a CV-580.

To Engelhard Industries keeping c/r N270E.

24 July 1967

To Engelhard Industries with new c/r N278E {2}.

1 August 1967

To Hexagon Facilities Inc keeping c/r N278E {2}.

23 October 1967

To Flying W Airways keeping c/r N278E {2}.

5 November 1967

To Flying W Airways with new c/r N331G {3}.

21 June 1968

To Chan Air Inc keeping c/r N331G {3}.

12 May 1970

To Forbes Magazine-Capitalist Tool with new c/r N60FM.

Photographer: EX/ZX Collection

10 May 1974

To McDonnell-Douglas Corporation with new c/r N8500.

From 19 April 1977 to 1 November 1977

Leased to EG and G Inc.

1 November 1977

To United States Department of Energy keeping c/r N8500.

Photographer: EX/ZX Collection

February 1984

To United States Department of Energy with new c/r N30EG.

From Circa 1998 to 2005

To Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Reading, PA.
View the Location Dossier

By 2005

Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
Notes: Once Malcom Forbes private mount, this Convairliner was part of the Mid Atlantic Air Museum Collection. It was sold to a Canadian outfit, in whose hands the aircraft crashed.

17 May 2005

To International Trading Co of Yukon Inc, Oklahoma City, OK keeping c/r N30EG.

24 August 2005

Civil registration, N30EG, cancelled.
Exported to Canada.

2 February 2006

To Province of Saskatchewan, Ministry of The Environment, La Ronge, SK with new c/r C-GSKJ.

14 May 2006

Crashed.
Summary: The airframe was destroyed. There was one fatality. It was a local training flight from La Ronge Airport, SK (YVC/CYVC), Canada. The accident occurred at 1,5 km (0. 9 mls) NW of La Ronge Airport, SK (YVC) (Canada) while en route. Narrative: The accident aircraft, a Convair 580A, was one of two aircraft that had recently been delivered to the Government of Saskatchewans Northern Air Operations. CV-580As had been converted to aerial tankers (water bombers) for fighting forest fires. The accident flight was a training flight that consisted of stop-and-go circuits at the La Ronge Airport (YVC)...
For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

19 December 2007

To Province of Saskatchewan, Ministry of The Environment, La Ronge, SK keeping c/r C-GSKJ.

27 February 2013

Civil registration, C-GSKJ, cancelled.