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| Date: | Tuesday 27 January 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Martin P5M-2 Marlin |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 135529 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Willoughby Bay, VA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA (NGU/KNGU) |
| Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA (NGU/KNGU) |
Broke up when it flew into the water during an approach to Norfolk NAS. The seaplane had conducted a routine patrol flight over the Atlantic Ocean.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
Schenectady Gazette - Jan 28, 1959
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