Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 MAR 1958 |
| Type: | Lockheed RC-121D Constellation |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 54-2308 |
| C/n / msn: | 4390 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC), United States of America |
| Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC), United States of America |
The RC-121D departed McClellan AFB, CA (MCC) on a routine patrol mission over the Pacific. Immediately after takeoff a fire broke out in the no. 2 engine. The crew carried out a forced landing in a muddy field.
Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA to Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
Distance from Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA to Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
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.
