Dates

Event

1956

Constructed as a CV-440-12.

14 November 1956

To Sabena with new c/r OO-SCS.

Circa 1964

Photographer: robert roggeman
Notes: SABENA.CV-440 METROPOLITAN.

18 February 1967

Photographer: Danny Tanner
Notes: At London Heathrow

4 March 1968

To Frontier Airlines with new c/r N73166.

July 1968

Converted to a CV-580.

12 May 1973

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: This Convair 580 in 1973 was in service with Frontier Airlines as seen at Albuquerque, New Mexico.

9 April 1985

To Sierra Pacific Airlines, Tucson, AZ keeping c/r N73166.

1994

Withdrawn from use.
Stored at Avra Valley, AZ.

6 April 1999

Civil registration, N73166, cancelled.
Exported to Canada.

18 February 2000

To Conair Group Inc, Abbotsford, BC with new c/r C-FHKF.

Operated as fire service #155.

Operated as fire service #455.

2 April 2002

To Conair Group Inc (Conair Aviation), Abbotsford, BC keeping c/r C-FHKF.

Operated as fire service #55.

Photographer: John Wolsafson

25 October 2019

Civil registration, C-FHKF, cancelled.

3 March 2020

To Conair Group Inc, Abbotsford, BC with new c/r C-FHKF.

By 1 July 2021

To Conair with new c/r C-FHKF.

1 July 2021

Crashed.
Summary: The airframe was damaged but was repairable. It was a local fire fighting flight from Penticton Airport, BC (YYF/CYYF), Canada. The accident occurred at Penticton Airport, BC (YYF) (Canada) while taxiing. Narrative: A Convair CV-440 (C-FHKF) aerial fire fighting aircraft operated by Conair, was conducting flight Tanker 455 from the Penticton airport (CYYF), BC tanker airbase with two flight crew members on board. C-FKFL, another Convair CV-440 operated by Conair, was not operating and was parked at the north end of the tanker base near Taxiway C...
For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

7 November 2022

Civil registration, C-FHKF, cancelled.

By 2023

Permanently withdrawn from use.
Preserved at the British Columbia Aviation Museum.