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| Date: | Wednesday 31 July 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed WV-2 Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 141329 |
| MSN: | 4453 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8444 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gander-RCAF Station, NL (YQX) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Argentia NAS, NL (NWP) |
| Gander-RCAF Station, NL (YQX/CYQX) |
The Lockheed WV-2 Super Constellation maritime reconnaissance plane ran off the runway at Gander-RCAF Station, Canada. It struck the ILS localizer building and came to rest across a road. The airframe was broken in front of the wing.
The aircraft was practicing ILS approaches to runway 22 and touch-and-goes. Because the localizer for runway runway 04 (the active runway) was unserviceable, the crew decided to conduct their ILS approaches to runway 21. This meant the aircraft touched down with a tailwind.
Sources:
Daily News, 31 July 1963
ganderairporthistoricalsociety.org
The Willy Victor Roster
Location
Images:
photo (c) Denis Smeaton; Gander-RCAF Station, NF (YQX/CYQX); 31 July 1963
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