Aircraft Photo of N137CA | Convair 440-40 Metropolitan | Coastal Express | AirHistory.net #603942
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N137CA
Aircraft Original Type:Convair 240
Aircraft Generic Type:Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131)
Aircraft Version:Convair 440-40 Metropolitan
C/n (msn):317
Operator Titles:Coastal Express
Location
City / Airport:Washington - Dulles InternationalMap
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KIAD   IATA: IAD   Local: IAD   Other: -
 
Photo Date:March 1984
Photo from:Michael Roeser Collection
Photo ID: 603942
Photo Comment

Photographer: Joseph D Lezark. K25 slide scan. Built 1956 as OH-LRD for Finnair. Cosmopolitan Airlines N137CA 1980, renamed Coastal Express Airlines 1983. Sold to Margaret Hammer, West Palm Beach 1984 and Winemiller Aviation 1993. Lost hydraulic pressure and went off runway colliding with UH-60 on landing Cap Haitien 18 March 1995 while operating for Gulf and Caribbean Cargo.

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