Aircraft Photo of 5792 | Convair HC-131A | USA - Coast Guard | AirHistory.net #269442
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:5792
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 240/600 (C-131/T-29/Samaritan)
Aircraft Version:Convair HC-131A
C/n (msn):53-12
Operator Titles:USA - Coast Guard
Unit Markings:CGAS Miami
Location
City / Airport:Miami - Opa-locka ExecutiveMap
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KOPF   IATA: OPF   Local: OPF   Other: -
 
Photo Date:June 1981
Photo by:Gary Vincent
Photo ID: 269442
Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAF as C-131A 52-5792, this Convair was transferred to the Coast Guard in June 1976. Sold in 1984 as N5575A, it would get a rear cargo door and fly for Cargo Plus and Starship before sold in March 1995 in Mexico . Registered XA-SOG with Aero Internacional, the aircraft was written off in a landing accident at Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico January 24, 1997.

This photo is copyright © Gary Vincent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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