Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 JUL 1953 |
| Type: | Martin P5M-1 Marlin |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 126503 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Location: | off Cape Henry, VA, USA (Atlantic Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA (NGU/KNGU), United States of America |
| ? |
Ditched off Cape Henry after engine failure.
Sources:
» US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos
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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.
