ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334402
| Date: | Sunday 22 September 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 135619 |
| MSN: | 726-7051 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 97 km E of Fallon, NV -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Alameda NAS, CA (NGZ/KNGZ) |
The Neptune crashed on a hill side 60 miles east of Fallon, NV. Of the nine on board, one crew member was killed and two were injured.
The aircraft was stationed at NAS Alameda, CA and dispatched on a mission to search for a missing F2H Banshee Navy fighter from NAS Moffett Field, CA.
Sources:
Victoria Advocat 23 SEP 1957, 8A
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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