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    Airframe Family: Convair CV-240/340/440/580/600/640 / C-131 / R4Y / T-29
    Latest Model:T-29B Samaritan
    Last Military Serial:51-7912 USAF
    Construction Number:240-324
    Last Civil Registration:N156PA
    Compressed ID:Convair T-29B sn 51-7912 USAF cn 24...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ultra Aviation Management Inc, Miami, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-29B.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7912.

    To unknown owner with c/r N9016L.

    To unknown owner with c/r N156PA.

    30 October 1981

    Certificate of airworthiness for N156PA (240, 324) issued.

    18 February 1983

    To Cool Air Inc, Spanaway, WA keeping c/r N156PA.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Air Tahoma, Rickenbacker Airport, Columbus, OH.
    Survives here missing the engines and vertical fin.
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    26 September 1991

    To Cool Air Inc, Spanaway, WA with new c/r N156PA.

    By 27 July 1993

    To Renoun Aviation keeping c/r N156PA.

    27 July 1993

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Boise Airport (KBOI) Boise, ID, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. Left seat pilot was receiving a flight check for atp and CV-240 type rating; right seat pilot was FAA operations inspector. Following a simulated single-engine approach the airplane landed wheels up. Left seat pilot had received a total of 1. 4 hrs left seat training in CV-240 prior to this flight; log book not endorsed.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    To unknown owner with c/r N74SA.

    By 27 July 1993

    To Renoun Aviation with new c/r N156PA.

    27 July 1993

    Crashed.
    Summary: The damage to the airframe was substantial. It was a local training flight from Boise Air Terminal, ID (BOI/KBOI), United States of America. The accident occurred at Boise Air Terminal, ID (BOI) (United States of America) while landing. The airframe was repaired. Narrative: A Convair CV-240, N156PA, landed with all landing gear retracted, during a simulated single engine ILS approach Boise Air Terminal, ID. The flight was being operated as a flight check for an initial airline pilots rating and CV/240 type rating...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    Withdrawn from use.

    18 September 2015

    To Ultra Aviation Management Inc, Miami, FL keeping c/r N156PA.

    8 January 2022

    Civil registration, N156PA, cancelled.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    AMCAR
    Aviation Safety Network
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
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