Narrative:
The aircraft, from the Oceanographic Development Squadron Eight (VXN-8) crashed upon landing at McMurdo Sound. It hit snowbank, causing the landing gear to collapse and port wing and engine to be sheared off.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 31 October 1960 |
| Type: |  Lockheed WV-2 Super Constellation |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 126513 |
| MSN: | 4302 |
| First flight: | 1955 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | McMurdo Sound ( Antarctica)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| McMurdo Station-Williams Field (NZWD), Antarctica |
The aircraft, from the Oceanographic Development Squadron Eight (VXN-8) crashed upon landing at McMurdo Sound. It hit snowbank, causing the landing gear to collapse and port wing and engine to be sheared off.
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