Narrative:
A Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune clipped a tree and crashed in a residential area on Amami Island, killing all 12 on board.
The aircraft was transporting blood and plasma for an emergency operation on the island. It was the intention to drop the case by parachute.
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 3 September 1962 |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune |
| Operator: | Japan Maritime Self Defence Force - JMSDF |
| Registration: | 4628 |
| MSN: | 2012 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Nase, Amami ( Japan)
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| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kanoya Air Base (RJFY), Japan |
| Kanoya Air Base (RJFY), Japan |
A Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune clipped a tree and crashed in a residential area on Amami Island, killing all 12 on board.
The aircraft was transporting blood and plasma for an emergency operation on the island. It was the intention to drop the case by parachute.
Sources:
» Pacific Stars and Stripes September 4, 1962» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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