N587X is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Convair 340/580 built in 1956. The FAA cancelled the registration on May 31, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Convair 340/580 cancelled May 31, 2017
- Serial number
- 361
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Turboprop
- Year built
- 1956
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- June 10, 2005
- Last FAA action
- June 17, 2008
- Last owner
- Air Tahoma INC (Corporation)
Spanaway, WA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
NTSB accident and incident record under N587X
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Convair CV-580 · serial 361
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. Contributing to the accident was the captain’s inadequate post-maintenance preflight check and the flight crew’s improper response to the trim problem.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site