Aircraft Photo of N73152 | Convair 580 | AirHistory.net #831056
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N73152
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 580
C/n (msn):170
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: 831056
Photo Comment

Delivered to United Air Lines as CV340-31 N73152 in 1954. To Frontier Airlines in 1959 and converted to a CV580 in 1965 then to Metroflight and operated for American Eagle in 1981. Traded in to SAAB in 1987 and stored at Marana, AZ. To TAM Bolivia as TAM-73 in 1991 then to the Bolivian Air Force as FAB-73 in 1995. Crashed on takeoff at Trinidad, Bolivia in 2005.

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

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