Narrative:
The Neptune operated on a night time training flight, conducting practice landings at Santa Ana-El Toro MCAS, California.
During a missed approach the right wingtip struck the southern ridge of Harding Canyon in the Santa Ana Mountains. The aircraft cartwheeled and disintegrated.
» L'Unitá 13-2-1969
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 11 February 1969 |
| Time: | 20:23 |
| Type: |  Lockheed SP-2E Neptune |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 131487 |
| MSN: | 426-5368 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 11 km (6.9 mls) SE of Santa Ana-El Toro MCAS, CA ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Santa Ana-El Toro MCAS, CA (NZJ/KNZJ), United States of America |
| Santa Ana-El Toro MCAS, CA (NZJ/KNZJ), United States of America |
The Neptune operated on a night time training flight, conducting practice landings at Santa Ana-El Toro MCAS, California.
During a missed approach the right wingtip struck the southern ridge of Harding Canyon in the Santa Ana Mountains. The aircraft cartwheeled and disintegrated.
Classification:
Sources:
» aircraftwrecks.com» L'Unitá 13-2-1969
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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