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| Date: | Monday 11 August 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V-7LP Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 140434 |
| MSN: | 726-7093 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Ontario International Airport, CA (ONT) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ontario International Airport, CA (ONT/KONT) |
The Neptune was a modified P2V-7 for ski landings for use in Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica.
While taking off for an acceptance check flight at Ontario, CA, a landing gear ski jammed and the aircraft was destroyed while attempting an emergency landing a few minutes later.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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