Aircraft Photo of NC-436H | Ford 5-AT-D Tri-Motor | United Air Lines | AirHistory.net #571127
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:NC-436H
Aircraft Original Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Generic Type:Ford Tri-Motor
Aircraft Version:Ford 5-AT-D Tri-Motor
C/n (msn):5-AT-103
Operator Titles:United Air Lines / NAT - National Air Transport
Location
City / Airport:Chicago - Midway InternationalMap
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KMDW   IATA: MDW   Local: MDW   Other: -
 
Photo Date:July 1931 to July 1935
Photo from:Andy Anderson Collection
Photo ID: 571127
Photo Comment

Taken at Chicago Municipal Airport for a flight to Kansas City. Registered to United Airlines/National Air Transport on 3 June 1931. Replaced by the Boeing 247 it was sold to TACA, Honduras on 15 July 1935. Re-registered to TACA Nicaragua as AN-AAK24 January 1942. Sold to an unknown owner in Mexico in January 1946 as XA-FON. The aircraft was later operated by Servicios Aereos de Chiapas and was written off after a double engine failure resulted in a non-fatal crash on a flight from Veracruz-Las Bajadas Airport with four POB for Minatitlan/Coatzacoalco Airport, Mexico. (United Airlines Photo)

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