# N587X: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: May 31, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=587X
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N587X

## Aircraft that carried N587X

- [Cancelled 2017-05-31](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N587X-2017-05-31): Convair 340/580, S/N 361, built 1956. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Air Tahoma Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIR%20TAHOMA%20INC), [Spanaway, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Spanaway)

## NTSB investigations on N587X (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI08MA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08MA270), Sep 1, 2008: Convair CV-580 (N587X), Columbus, OH, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The improper (reverse) rigging of the elevator trim cables by company maintenance personnel, and their subsequent failure to discover the misrigging during required post-maintenance checks.…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N587X (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20080901844509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080901844509A), Sep 1, 2008: Cvac 340580 (N587X), Columbus, OH, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) Aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff. The aircraft, registration number N587X, an convair 340/580 operated by air tahoma (I5HA), depated runway 5L at…

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