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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-440-80
    Last Military Serial:T.14-3 EdA
    Construction Number:440-405
    Last Civil Registration:CP-1961
    Compressed ID:Convair CV-440-80 sn T.14-3 EdA cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:SASA-Servicios Aereos Santa Ana

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    Dates

    Event

    1957

    Constructed as a CV-440-80.

    1 April 1957

    To Iberia with new c/r EC-WMV.

    2 April 1957

    To Iberia with new c/r EC-AMV.

    Markings Applied: Giralda

    21 October 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ejercito de Aire with s/n T.14-3 and operated with these markings: 911-23.

    To unknown owner with c/r XA-LUT.

    September 1982

    To Hardy W. Lewis with new c/r N2954J (440, 405).

    13 April 1984

    To Lloyd G. Culbertson keeping c/r N2954J.

    October 1984

    To Tranalfa with new c/r CP-1961.

    1988

    To SASA-Servicios Aereos Santa Ana keeping c/r CP-1961.

    December 1990


    Photographer: RedRipper 24
    Notes: at La Paz, Bolivia, December 1990

    21 August 1992

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. There were 10 fatalities. The passenger flight departed Santa Ana-Yacuma Airport (SBL/SLSA), Bolivia and was destined for La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP), Bolivia. The accident occurred at Mt Chacaltaya (Bolivia) while en route. Narrative: The airplane was descending for La Paz in poor weather over mountains when it flew into Chacaltaya Mountain at FL150. Chacaltaya is a glacierial mountain range in Bolivia with an elevation of 5421 m (17,785 feet).
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    Written off.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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    Print Sources
     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
    Internet Sources
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    Aviation Safety Network
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Spanish Register of Civil Aircraft Since 1920 by Jose Ramon Valero
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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