Accident Lockheed XP2V-1 Neptune 48238,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336169
 

Date:Thursday 11 May 1950
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic P2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed XP2V-1 Neptune
Owner/operator:United States Navy
Registration: 48238
MSN: 26-1002
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Oyster, Northampton County, VA -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK)
Destination airport:Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK)
Narrative:
The second Lockheed XP2V-1 Neptune prototype, was damaged beyond repair during flight test out of NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, when one of the engines fell off.

Sources:

US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
The Evening Star 12 May 1950, pA7

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