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| Date: | Monday 7 January 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-2H Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 140966 |
| MSN: | 726-7068 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Alameda NAS, CA (NGZ) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Alameda NAS, CA (NGZ/KNGZ) |
The port auxiliary jet engine caught fire shortly after takeoff from NAS Alameda. The crew attempted to return but the aircraft became uncontrollable and ditched into San Francisco Bay.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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