Accident Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune 131461, Monday 29 September 1958
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Date:Monday 29 September 1958
Time:15:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic P2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune
Owner/operator:United States Navy
Registration: 131461
MSN: 426-5342
Fatalities:Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:35 km N off Key West, FL -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Key West NAS, FL (NQX/KNQX)
Destination airport:Key West NAS, FL (NQX/KNQX)
Narrative:
Crashed during a routine instrument checking mission.

Sources:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gL9scSG3K_gC&dat=19581001&printsec=frontpage&hl=en">Pittsburgh Post Gazette 1 October 1958, p1

Columbus Daily Telegram October 1,1958

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