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| Date: | Wednesday 12 September 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed SP-2 Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Seal Beach, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Los Alamitos NAS, CA (KSLI) |
The Neptune suffered an engine fire after takeoff from Los Alamitos NAS, California. It barely climbed and impacted a residential area.
Sources:
Desert Sun, Number 34, 13 September 1962
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