Another Convairliner and crew lost

[stansdds]

Very sad news today. A CV-440 originating in Laredo, TX, with a stop in Memphis, TN, crashed near Toledo Express Airport this morning. Both the pilot and copilot died in the crash. CV-440, N24DR, is shown by Flightaware to have been the only Convairliner to be on this route. My condolences to the family and friends of the crew of N24DR.

www.timesunion.com/news/us/article/Cargo-plane-crashes-near-Toledo-airport-14430547.php

flightaware.com/live/flight/N24DR

[Dennis the menace]

Sad to see it crashed.

It was a Convair CV-440-75 Metropolitan, construction number 393. Built in 1956 and delivered in January 1957 to SAS as "Ravn Viking". Flew with SAS from 1957 to 1969.



Registration History

Reg Airline Delivered Status

OY-KPD SAS - Scandinavian Airlines System 24-01-57
SE-CCV Linjeflyg 20-11-69
CF-GLM Great Lakes Airlines 00-07-73
N24DR 393 Inc 00-05-77
N24DR AirGo 00-00-78
N24DR Emissary Airways 00-11-78
N24DR N24DR Inc 18-02-82
N24DR Brennan & Hargreaves Inc 02-04-84
N24DR Amermex Inc 00-08-89
N24DR Integrity Aircraft Inc 00-08-94
N24DR Neal Wayne Barker 12-12-94
N24DR Ferreteria e Implementos San Francisco 04-04-00.  Crashed on 10.09.19

Here it is in SAS colors on 8 August, 1959 at London Heathrow.

Still working hard at Linjeflyg on 18 June,1973