Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 MAR 1961 |
| Type: | Lockheed TC-121C Super Constellation |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-3842 |
| C/n / msn: | 4118 |
| First flight: | 1953 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 16 km (10 mls) N of Marysville, CA (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military test |
| Departure airport: | Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC), United States of America |
| Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC), United States of America |
Crashed in rainy weather during a test flight
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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.
