ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333639
| Date: | Sunday 22 January 1961 |
| Time: | 03:04 |
| Type: |  Lockheed WV-2 Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 143193 |
| MSN: | 4467 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 22 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Midway Island-Sand Island Field (MDY) -
 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Midway Island-Sand Island Field (MDY/PMDY) |
| Midway Island-Sand Island Field (MDY/PMDY) |
While returning from aborted barrier mission, the aircraft hit seawall debris at end of the short runway. The main mount was sheared off and it cartwheeled, slid into a Crash Crew Truck, exploded and burned. All 3 inside the truck also suffered fatal injuries.
Sources:
The Willy Victor Roster
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