Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 26 December 1951 |
Type: | Lockheed P2V-3 Neptune |
Operator: | United States Navy |
Registration: | 122972 |
MSN: | |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 160 km (100 mls) E off Kosing, North Korea [Sea of Japan] ( Pacific Ocean)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Atsugi NAS (NJA/RJTA), Japan |
Destination airport: | Atsugi NAS (NJA/RJTA), Japan |
Narrative:The Lockheed P2V-3 Neptune ditched at night in bad weather during a weather reconnaissance and anti-submarine patrol mission due to a runaway prop.
Classification:
Ditching
Sources:
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The Atsugi 1951 Runaway Prop and Ditching / by Russell Pete McKnight and Jack Masters
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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.