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Datum: | Freitag 11 November 1966 |
Zeit: | 01:27 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Lockheed EC-121H Super Constellation |
Fluggesellschaft: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Kennzeichen: | 55-5262 |
Werknummer: | 4413 |
Baujahr: | 1956 |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 19 / Insassen: 19 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 19 / Insassen: 19 |
Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Unfallort: | 200 km (125 Meilen) E vom Land entfernt von Nantucket, MA, USA ( Atlantischer Ozean)
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Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
Betriebsart: | Militär |
Flug von: | Falmouth-Otis AFB, MA (FMH/KFMH), USA |
Flug nach: | Falmouth-Otis AFB, MA (FMH/KFMH), USA |
Unfallbericht:The Lockheed EC-121H Super Constellation, attached to the 961st Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron, was assigned to an air defense mission to airborne long-range input (ALRI) station 2.
Estimated time en route was 9 hours plus 50 minutes.
On 10 November, 1966 at 23:38 local time, the aircraft taxied to the maintenance ramp reporting malfunctions on the no. 1 engine #1 cylinder And no. 2 engine #1 power Recovery Turbine (prt). The spark plugs, coils and leads were changed on #1 cylinder no. 1 engine, and the clamps were tightened on #1 PRT, no. 2 engine. Engines were again started at 00:20, November 11, and the aircraft took off from Otis AFB runway 23 at 00:37.
While en route the flight crew radioed: "still have flames coming from PRT #2 engine". However the aircraft-continued on its mission.
At 01:25 all radar contact was lost. A minute later the aircraft was seen to pass over two fishing vessels at low altitude (150-200ft). One or more engines were heard to be backfiring.
The aircraft later hit the water and burst into flames.
Only a widening oil slick and a few bits of floating debris marked the spot of the crash. Recovered were pieces of aircraft skin and insulation, a seat with a cushion, and three empty life preservers. Air Force officials identified them as from the missing plane.
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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.