Narrative:
The Super Constellation had left Patuxent River NAS (NHK) on a routine service test flight. At an altitude of about 10,000 feet the airplane banked left and lost its tail. The airplane crashed within 100 yards of the west bank of the Chester River. The tail fell into Langford's Bay, two miles west of the fuselage.
Loss of control
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 7 July 1953 |
| Type: |  Lockheed R7V-1 Super Constellation |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 128440 |
| MSN: | 4107 |
| First flight: | 1953 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 15 km (9.4 mls) S of Chestertown, MD ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK), United States of America |
| Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK), United States of America |
The Super Constellation had left Patuxent River NAS (NHK) on a routine service test flight. At an altitude of about 10,000 feet the airplane banked left and lost its tail. The airplane crashed within 100 yards of the west bank of the Chester River. The tail fell into Langford's Bay, two miles west of the fuselage.
Classification:
Tail failureLoss of control
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