Accident description
Last updated: 19 August 2018
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 2 April 1957 |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V-6 Neptune |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 126518 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Chincoteague NAAS, VA (WAL) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chincoteague NAAS, VA (WAL/KWAL), United States of America |
| ? |
Exploded in midair after takeoff from NAS Chincoteague, VA.
Sources:
» Diário de Lisboa 2 April 1957, p16» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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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.
