ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed C-121G Super Constellation (L-1049) 54-4069 Prescott Airport, AZ (PRC)
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Date:Saturday 28 February 1959
Type:Silhouette image of generic CONI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed C-121G Super Constellation (L-1049)
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 54-4069
MSN: 4149
First flight: 1954
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:3 km (1.9 mls) S of Prescott Airport, AZ (PRC) (   United States of America)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Goodyear-Litchfield Park NAS, AZ (GYR/KGYR), United States of America
Destination airport:Goodyear-Litchfield Park NAS, AZ (GYR/KGYR), United States of America
Narrative:
Lockheed C-121G 54-4069 was operated on behalf of the Military Air Transport Service. It had reportedly departed Litchfield Park NAS. The flight headed for Prescott Airport (PRC) where touch-and-goes were performed. The airplane crashed in rugged wooded terrain alongside U.S. Highway 89.

Sources:
» Crash Kills 5 Navy Men (Lincoln Evening Journal. 1959-03-01)


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