OT Lockheed EC-121M Super Constellation 135751,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332444
 

Date:Thursday 27 January 1966
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Type:Silhouette image of generic CONI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed EC-121M Super Constellation
Owner/operator:United States Navy
Registration: 135751
MSN: 4318
Year of manufacture:1954
Total airframe hrs:6555 hours
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:OT
Location:Atsugi NAS (NJA) -   Japan
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
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Narrative:
The EC-121M from the Fleet Airborne Reconnaissance Sqdn One (VQ-1) had the radome being while "curing" with heat lamps. Fire started when wind blew heat lamps against the radome.

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