| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N5590L |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Convair 240 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131) |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair 580 |
| C/n (msn): | 41 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Tucson - InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KTUS IATA: TUS Local: TUS Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 13 October 1985 |
| Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
| Photo ID: | 763098 |
| Photo Comment |
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Delivered to United Airlines as CV340-31 N73122 in 1953. To Frontier Airlines in 1967 and converted to a CV580. To the Bolivian Air Force as TAM-72 in 1975. Sold as N5590L in 1979 then rergistered as N777TL in 1988. To Filair as 9Q-CRS in 1994 then to Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation in 1996. Destroyed when it overran the runway on takeoff at Tshikapa, DRC in 1997. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 29 December 2024, and has since been viewed 59 times. |