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| Date: | Tuesday 11 February 1969 |
| Time: | 20:23 |
| Type: |  Lockheed SP-2E Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 131487 |
| MSN: | 426-5368 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 11 km SE of Santa Ana-El Toro MCAS, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Santa Ana-El Toro MCAS, CA (NZJ/KNZJ) |
| Santa Ana-El Toro MCAS, CA (NZJ/KNZJ) |
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.
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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