Last updated: 8 May 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 21 December 1960 |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V Neptune |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | off Newfoundland, Canada ( Atlantic Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Argentia NAS, NL (NWP), Canada |
| ? |
Crashed in Atlantic Ocean during a fleet training exercise.
Sources:
» Passauer Neue Presse 23 December 1960, p7» El Siglo de Torreón 22 December 1960, p1
» vpnavy.com
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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.
