Date:	Saturday 2 April 1960
Time:	15:00?
Type:	Lockheed P2V-2 Neptune
Owner/operator:	United States Navy reserve
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	6,5 km from Memphis NAS, TN -   United States of America
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Memphis NAS, TN (NQA/KNQA)
Destination airport:	Reserve traing flight

Narrative:
Crashed and burned in a field when an engine caught fire shortly after take-off. It caught fire on the right or starboard side, they were beyond the point of no return, as soon has the aircraft got off the ground the tower told the pilot to feather the starboard engine, instead the pilot ( a high sciool football coach) feathered the port / left engine which left the plane totally with out power, there was a clearing just ahead, past the trees but the aircraft wasn’t high enough to make the clearing,then the plane crashed.

San Bernardino Sun 3 April 1960, p6A
i was stationed at the Memphis Naval Air station at the time of the crash, i was a member of the crash crew stationed on the field, from the time the plane took off ( it had previously gassed up and took on a new load of navy reservists. I saw the whole incident , 2 hours later, our MB1 crash truck was sent to the crash site to extinguish the remaining fire, and our rescue person removed what was left of the pilot. It was a day i will never forget. God bless those that were affected by this tradgedy.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Feb-2025 06:56	Bandit	Updated [Time, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]