ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335185
| Date: | Thursday 21 January 1954 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 124874 |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | Wright R-3350-30W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | NW of Barbers Point NAS, HI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Barbers Point NAS, HI (NAX) |
Patrol Squadron Seven (VP-7) of the US Navy was returning to the U.S. after a deployment to NAS Iwakuni, Japan.
An intermediate stop was planned at Barbers Point NAS, Oahu, Hawaii.
After a go around the aircraft mistakenly turned left into the center of the island, rather than turn right out over the ocean. The Neptune impacted Mount Puu Kaua (3127 feet), the third highest point on the Waianae Range on Oahu.
A helicopter with four crew later crashed during the SAR mission.
Sources:
El Litoral 22 January 1954, p1
60 Years Later, Navy Man and Tragic Plane Crash Remembered
vpnavy.com
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