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| Date: | Monday 29 September 1958 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  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
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Key West NAS, FL (NQX/KNQX) |
| Key West NAS, FL (NQX/KNQX) |
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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