Mid-air collision Accident Lockheed P2V-5F Neptune 127723,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334313
 

Date:Saturday 1 February 1958
Time:19:11
Type:Silhouette image of generic P2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed P2V-5F Neptune
Owner/operator:United States Navy
Registration: 127723
MSN: 426-5054
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8
Other fatalities:41
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Santa Fe Springs, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Los Alamitos NAS, CA (KSLI)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
A USAF Douglas C-118A transport plane (53-3277, msn 44648/602) departed Long Beach Airport, California at 19:08 for a flight to McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. While climbing under VFR the aircraft collided with a US Navy Lockheed P2V-5F Neptune (127723). The Neptune had just departed from Los Alamitos for a training flight. The C-118 disintegrated and crashed through the roof of a service station. The Neptune crashed into an excavated clay pit on Norwalk Boulevard. Two occupants from the Neptune survived the accident.

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