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| Date: | Saturday 28 February 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-121G Super Constellation (L-1049) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 54-4069 |
| MSN: | 4149 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1954 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km S of Prescott Airport, AZ (PRC) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Goodyear-Litchfield Park NAS, AZ (GYR/KGYR) |
| Goodyear-Litchfield Park NAS, AZ (GYR/KGYR) |
Lockheed C-121G 54-4069 was operated on behalf of the Military Air Transport Service. It had reportedly departed Litchfield Park NAS. The flight headed for Prescott Airport (PRC) where touch-and-goes were performed. The airplane crashed in rugged wooded terrain alongside U.S. Highway 89.
Sources:
Crash Kills 5 Navy Men (Lincoln Evening Journal. 1959-03-01)
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