Built in 1956 as a Convair CV440-47 and delivered to National Airlines as N2043 on 29 Jun 1956. To Allegheny Airlines on 01 Oct 1962. Converted to a CV580 in Feb 66 and re-delivered to Allegheny Airlines as N5808. To Aspen Airways on 09 Dec 1977. Leased to Air New Zealand in May 1978 and returned to Aspen in Oct 1978. Damaged beyond repair after skidding off the runway at Durango on 02 Feb 1988.

Originally a Convair 440 with National Airlines as N2043 in 1956, this Convair was bought by Allegheny Airlines in 1962. Converted by the airline to a Convair 580 in 1966, Aspen Airways leased it in December 1977 and bought it in June 1978. Final flight for the airliner was February 2, 1988 when it hit a snow bank on landing at Durango, CO. No one was injured, but the airplane was damaged enough to be written off.