Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 MAY 1958 |
| Type: | Lockheed R7V-1 Super Constellation |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 131652 |
| C/n / msn: | 4153 |
| First flight: | 1954 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 11 km (6.9 mls) E of Taft, CA (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ontario International Airport, CA (ONT/KONT), United States of America |
| Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA (NUQ/KNUQ), United States of America |
The airplane struck a hill and crashed as it attempted to divert to Taft, CA in an apparent emergency.
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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 Ontario International Airport, CA to Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA as the crow flies is 545 km (340 miles).
Distance from Ontario International Airport, CA to Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA as the crow flies is 545 km (340 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.
