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| Date: | Saturday 22 March 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed RC-121D Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 54-2308 |
| MSN: | 4390 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC) |
| Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC) |
The RC-121D departed McClellan AFB, CA (MCC) on a routine patrol mission over the Pacific. Immediately after takeoff a fire broke out in the no. 2 engine. The crew carried out a forced landing in a muddy field.
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