Date:	Thursday 8 October 1970
Time:	20:10
Type:	Lockheed C-121J Super Constellation
Owner/operator:	United States Navy
Registration:	131644
MSN:	4145
Year of manufacture:	1953
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 80
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	McMurdo Sound -   Antarctica
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Christchurch International Airport (CHC/NZCH)
Destination airport:	McMurdo Station-Williams Field (NZWD)

Narrative:
Weather predictions were favorable for the Antarctic McMurdo Station as the Super Constellation departed Christchurch (CHC), New Zealand. By the time the C-121 arrived, visibility had deteriorated to zero. Blowing snow made the runway invisible. On the second attempt to land the right main landing gear hit a snow bank and separated. Then the right wing broke off, with the airplane sliding through the snow.

The tail of the plane / Josh Landis (The Antarctic Sun, 2 Jan. 2000)
Earles L. McCaul

photo (c) sandwichgirl; McMurdo Sound, Antarctica; 20 January 2007; (CC:by-nc-nd)

photo (c) sandwichgirl; McMurdo Sound, Antarctica; 20 January 2007; (CC:by-nc-nd)

photo (c) sandwichgirl; McMurdo Sound, Antarctica; 20 January 2007; (CC:by-nc-nd)

photo (c) sandwichgirl; McMurdo Sound, Antarctica; 20 January 2007; (CC:by-nc-nd)

photo (c) U.S. Naval Historical Center; near Christchurch, New Zealand; 27 November 1965; (publicdomain)

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