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| Date: | Tuesday 8 September 1964 |
| Time: | 02:43 |
| Type: |  Lockheed SP-2E Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 131513 |
| MSN: | 426-5394 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 13 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 120 km off Vietnam coast [South China Sea] -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Iwakuni MCAS (IWK/RJOI) |
The Neptune crashed into the waters of the South China Sea, 340 miles north-east of Saigon.
Sources:
USS Constellation (CVA/CV-64) Deck Log dated 08SEP64
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