Aircraft Photo of LN-PAA | Convair 580 | Partnair | AirHistory.net #675953
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:LN-PAA
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):56
Operator Titles:Partnair
Location
City / Airport:Oslo - Fornebu (closed)Map
Country:Norway
Airport Codes:ICAO: ENFB   IATA: FBU   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:17 May 1988
Photo by:Ole Johan Beck
Photo ID: 675953
Photo Comment

Built 1953 as a CV-240 as N73128 for United Airlines. 1960 N5120 rr and converted to CV-340-31by general Motors Corporation. Later converted to CV-580, and became HR-SAX, N9012J, N770PR and C-GKFT. May 15th 1986 LN-PAA for PartnAir, as the 3rd CV-580 in the fleet. Written off in a terrible accident September 8th 1989 in Skagerak, the aircraft had been leased by a Norwegian shipping company: Wilhelmsen for a trip to Hamburg, and all people aboard were killed in the accident. Scanned from a slide

This photo is copyright © Ole Johan Beck, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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