Aircraft Photo of N819TA | Convair 440-61 Metropolitan | Air Columbus | AirHistory.net #433507
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N819TA
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-61 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):403
Operator Titles:Air Columbus
Aircraft Name:Santa Maria
Location
City / Airport:Santo Domingo - José Francisco Peña Gómez InternationalMap
Country:Dominican Republic
Airport Codes:ICAO: MDSD   IATA: SDQ   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:21 October 1987
Photo by:Tim Spearman
Photo ID: 433507
Photo Comment

Delivered to Iberia in March 1957 as EC-WMT and re-registered as EC-AMT in the same month. Leased to Lineas Aereas Guinea Equitorial 1971-1977 and sold as N819TA in 1979. Registered as XA-JIR with Interstatal in July 1979 and returned to N819TA with Interstate Aviation in 1985. Leased to Air Columbus (USA) from 1987-1988 and sold as XA-RAN in July 1988. Seized by authorities in El Paso, returned to N819TA and remained stored there. Registered N690TA to Commercial Aircraft Services in 2002 but remained in store wearing N819TA. scrapped by 2016

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