Delivered in 1956 and operated until sold to Frontier as N73162 in 1968 then converted to CV580. On 1 September 2008, while registered N587X, it crashed on take-off from Columbus/OH (KCLK) due to the elevator trim tab being rigged in reverse during maintenance.

Seen here in storage, but this Convair went on the following year to fly with DHL in Europe as OO-DHJ. It was however lost in a crash 0n 1 September 2008 as N587X with Air Tahoma. It was on a flight following a maintenance "C" Check and crashed in Pickaway County, Ohio, immediately after departure from Rickenbacker International Airport. The crew had declared an in-flight emergency and were attempting to return to the departure airport. All three occupants - the captain, first officer and a company pilot observer - were killed in the crash or post-crash fire. An NTSB report blamed elevator trim