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| Date: | Wednesday 4 February 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A89-308 |
| MSN: | 426-5087 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hawkesbury River, Cornwallis, NSW -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Richmond RAAF Base, NSW (XRH/YSRI) |
The Neptune crashed onto the banks of the Hawkesbury River at Cornwallis, Richmond, NSW, Australia after a fire in the port engine nacelle, caused by the disintegration of the power recovery turbine wheel (PRT) for the engine. The disintegration of the PRT caused the severing of fuel lines inside the wheel well, which then ignited the fuel spewing out of the lines. The ensuing fire burned fiercely and before the aircraft could enter into an emergency landing pattern the fire burned through to the wing subsequently causing the wing to fail in-flight a short time later.
Sources:
adastron.com
adf-serials.com.au
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