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| Date: | Saturday 18 October 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed WV-2 Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 141294 |
| MSN: | 4418 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 29 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 0,3 km W off Argentia NAS, NL (NWP) -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK) |
| Argentia NAS, NL (NWP) |
Crashed into Placentia Bay, 1000 feet short of the Argentia NAS runway during a GCA approach.
Sources:
The Willy Victor Roster
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