ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334033
| Date: | Thursday 2 April 1959 |
| Time: | 23:35 |
| Type: |  Lockheed WV-2 Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 141303 |
| MSN: | 4427 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 29 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Argentia-NAS, NL (NWP) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Argentia NAS, NL (NWP) |
| Argentia NAS, NL (NWP) |
The Lockheed WV-2 crashed during hard landing while returning from aborted barrier patrol mission with one engine out. The starboard wing broke off on impact, causing it to flip upside down and burn.
Sources:
The Willy Victor Roster
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