Status: | |
Date: | Sunday 22 September 1957 |
Type: | Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune |
Operator: | United States Navy |
Registration: | 135619 |
MSN: | 726-7051 |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 97 km (60.6 mls) E of Fallon, NV ( United States of America)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Alameda NAS, CA (NGZ/KNGZ), United States of America |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The Neptune crashed on a hill side 60 miles east of Fallon, NV. Of the nine on board, one crew member was killed and two were injured.
The aircraft was stationed at NAS Alameda, CA and dispatched on a mission to search for a missing F2H Banshee Navy fighter from NAS Moffett Field, CA.
Sources:
» Victoria Advocat 23 SEP 1957, 8A
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US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.