Dates

Event

Constructed as a CV-340-32.

From April 1953 to October 1965

To Braniff International with new c/r N3420.

April 1953

Photographer: Midway Airport Historians
Notes: N3420 - Brand new when this shot was taken, stayed with Braniff until 1965.

By October 1965

Converted to a CV-640.

1 October 1965

Certificate of airworthiness for N3420 (640-340D, 64) issued.

By January 1966

To Caribbean-Atlantic Airlines Inc keeping c/r N3420.

25 April 1967

Involved in an incident.
Summarized NTSB narrative from report number MIA67A0112: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 19:03 hours. The damage was substantial. Incident occurred at the San Juan International Airport, San Juan, PR. There was a fire or explosion in flight while circling in the traffic pattern. Ground looped or water swerved during the landing rollout. The emergency circumstances included; forced off-airport landing on land...
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

15 May 1973

To Eastern Airlines keeping c/r N3420.

October 1973

To Zantop International keeping c/r N3420.

December 1981

To SMB Stage Lines keeping c/r N3420.

July 1982

To Viking International Airlines keeping c/r N3420.

From 1985 to 1997

To Zantop International keeping c/r N3420.

Circa September 1993

Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: At Detroit, Willow Run

April 1994

Photographer: Rich Tregear
Notes: Zantop Convair 640 N3420 at Willow Run in April 1994

7 January 1997

To Century Airlines Inc, Waterford, MI keeping c/r N3420.

21 May 2013

To Swain Jeff, Laredo, TX keeping c/r N3420.

24 April 2014

Civil registration, N3420, cancelled.
Exported to Mexico.

24 April 2014

To Aeronaves TSM with new c/r XA-UTW.

24 June 2015

Photographer: Owen ORourke
Notes: At Charlotte Douglas Airport (KCLT)

Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
Notes: XA-UTW - Convair CV-640/F - Aeronaves T.S.M. at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

Photographer: EX/ZX Collection