Aircraft Photo of N73155 | Convair 580 | AirHistory.net #831036
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N73155
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):119
Location
City / Airport:Marana - Pinal AirparkMap
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KMZJ   IATA: MZJ   Local: MZJ   Other: -
 
Photo Date:7 April 1989
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 831036
Photo Comment

Delivered to KLM as CV340-48 PJ-CVA in 1953. Converted to a CV440. To Frontier Airlines as N73155 in 1963. Converted to a CV580 in 1965. To Frontier Commuter in 1983. then to Metroflight and operated for American Eagle in 1985. Traded in to SAAB in 1987 and stored at Marana, AZ. Left in 1991. Painted in fake SEC Colombia markings as HK-3616X and seized by the Mexican authorities for drug running in 1992. Probably scrapped at Santa Lucia.

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