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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:CV-440-40
    Construction Number:440-447
    Last Civil Registration:CP-2256
    Compressed ID:Convair CV-440-40 cn 440-447 cr CP-...
    Latest Owner or Location:SASA-Servicios Aereos Santa Ana

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    Dates

    Event

    1957

    Constructed as a CV-440-40.

    1 August 1957

    To Finnair with new c/r OH-LRF.

    2 July 1966


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: Photographed at Gatwick in 1966 - One of Finnairs Convair 440s on a charter to London/Gatwick. Delivered in 1957 it was sold in Norway in 1972 then went to the USA, then Peru and finally crashed in the Andes mountains in 1993 while en route to Bolivia

    December 1972

    To Stellar Airfeighter with new c/r LN-MTT.

    3 May 1974

    To Allegheney Airlines with new c/r N90447.

    28 June 1974

    To American Jet Industries keeping c/r N90447.

    25 March 1975

    To Concare Aircraft Leasing Company keeping c/r N90447.

    November 1975

    To Harrison Airways with new c/r C-GBHA.

    20 November 1978

    To Aero Dyne Corporation with new c/r N440AD.

    12 July 1984

    To Airways International keeping c/r N440AD.

    June 1988

    To Trans Texas Air Freight keeping c/r N440AD.

    July 1988

    To Aero Norte SA with new c/r OB-T-1326.

    20 July 1988

    Civil registration, N440AD, cancelled.

    September 1992

    To Servicios Santa Ana with new c/r CP-2256.

    By 14 September 1993

    To SASA-Servicios Aereos Santa Ana with new c/r CP-2256 (Convair CV-440, 447).

    14 September 1993

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. This was a ferrying/positioning flight. The accident occurred at near Colquemarca (Peru) while en route. Narrative: Two hours after takeoff from Lima, the crew smelled compass fluid and realised that the magnetic compass had become unreliable. Because of low fog banks the crew were not able to establish their position visually and climbed to FL180 to find the Cordillera Mountain range. When the engines started to backfire, a forced belly landing was made in open countryside...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    14 September 1993

    Written off.
    Damaged beyond repair in force landing at coloquemarca in Bolivia.
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     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
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     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Aviation Safety Network
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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