Dates

Event

1948

Constructed as a CV-240-4.

5 November 1948

To KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines with new c/r PH-TED.
Operated with markings: Gerard Terborch

16 February 1954

To KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines with new c/r PH-CED.
Operated with markings: Gerard Terborch

9 December 1957

To Deutsche Flugdienst with new c/r D-BESI.

1 November 1961

To Condor Flugdienst keeping c/r D-BESI.

30 October 1962

To Houston Aviation Products keeping c/r D-BESI.

November 1962

To Ozark Airlines with new c/r N2403Z.

25 March 1965

To Mohawk Airlines with new c/r N8329C.
Operated with markings: Airchief Abnaki

2 December 1966

To Fairchild-Hillier Corporation keeping c/r N8329C.

8 April 1968

To Southwestern Skyways Inc keeping c/r N8329C.

18 April 1968

To Westernair of Albuquerque keeping c/r N8329C.

7 October 1969

To Aviation Equipment Corporation of America keeping c/r N8329C.

30 June 1970

To William V. Wright keeping c/r N8329C.

21 December 1972

To Western Air Holidays keeping c/r N8329C.

15 November 1973

To Robert E. Overtree keeping c/r N8329C.

25 July 1974

To Bill Taylor, Upland, CA keeping c/r N8329C.
Operated by Deva Airlines.

25 July 1974

To Taylor Bill, Upland, CA keeping c/r N8329C.

27 July 1974

Photographer: Paul Thallon
Notes: 1974 photo at Prestwick, Scotland - of a Convair CV-240 operated by Deva Airlines

November 1974

To Asiatic International Airways keeping c/r N8329C.

September 1975

Photographer: Geoff Goodall
Notes: Seletar Airport was previously RAF Seletar on the northern coast of Singapore island. The vast former military parking areas comfortably handled the evacuated civil contract aircraft from the war zone. Typical was this Convair 240 N8329C with previous operators tail insignia roughly painted over. Behind are the Straits of Johore, dividing Singapore from Malaysia. This Convair ditched in those waters only a week after I took this photograph. It was conducting a test flight after being parked since its arrival here four months earlier, when power loss airborne forced the crew to ditch offshore. Owned by Bill Taylor of California, It was being operated in SE Asia under the name Asiatic International Airways

17 September 1975

Crashed.
Summary: The airframe was written off. It was a local testing flight from Singapore-Seletar Airport (XSP/WSSL), Singapore. The accident occurred at 400 m off Singapore-Seletar Airport (XSP) (Singapore) while on approach. Narrative: During a test flight the no. 1 engine failed. After shutting it down, the crew tried to return to Seletar Airport. The no. 2 engine cut out three times intermittently while returning. The crew was forced to ditch the Convair in 8 m of water in the Straits of Johore, some 400 m short of runway 20...
For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

17 September 1975

Crashed.
The incident occurred at SINGAPORE, Malaysia.
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

By 17 September 1975

To unknown owner with c/r N8329C.

19 December 1975

Civil registration, N8329C, cancelled.