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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-580F
    Construction Number:340-052
    Last Civil Registration:XA-TRB
    Compressed ID:Convair CV-580F cn 340-052 cr XA-TR...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Tribe

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a CV-340-31.

    From February 1953 to December 1964

    To United Airlines with new c/r N73125.

    By 1966

    Converted to a CV-580F.

    By 1966

    To Lake Central Airlines keeping c/r N73125.

    1968

    To Allegheny Airlines keeping c/r N73125.

    1 August 1968

    To Allegheny Airlines with new c/r N5845.

    1976

    To Great Lakes Airlines with new c/r C-GDTE.

    April 1981

    To Air Ontario keeping c/r C-GDTE.

    1 May 1985


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1985 photo at Winnipeg

    July 1988

    To European Air Transport with new c/r OO-DHE.
    Operating for DHL.

    21 August 1993


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: CV-580F (SCD) of European Air Transport in DHL-colors at Bergamo, Italy

    March 2000

    To Swiftair, S. A. Op. for DHL/EAT with new c/r EC-HLD (Convair 580-F, 52).

    From October 2004 to 27 September 2005

    Withdrawn from use.
    At Madrid.

    17 February 2006

    To N580 Inc, Spanaway, WA with new c/r N588X.
    Operated by Air Tahoma.

    13 July 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for N588X (340-31, 52) issued.

    10 February 2012

    Civil registration, N588X, cancelled.

    By 2016

    To Air Tribe with new c/r XA-TRB (Convair CV-580F, 52).

    11 May 2017


    Photographer: George Mihalek
    Notes: At Cleveland, Ohio

    18 January 2018

    Crashed.
    Summary: The damage to the airframe was substantial. The accident occurred at Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport, TX (BRO) (United States of America) while standing. Narrative: A Convair CV-580F suffered an undercarriage collapse during a maintenance engine run-up test at Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport, Texas, USA. The propellers contacted the ground, causing substantantial damage and the right hand side of the fuselage shows a large tear.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     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
     Aviation Safety Network
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    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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