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| Date: | Monday 23 December 1957 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Lockheed WV-2 Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 143197 |
| MSN: | 4471 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 23 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 40 km NW off Kahuku Point, Oahu, HI -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Barbers Point NAS, HI (NAX) |
| Barbers Point NAS, HI (NAX) |
All four engines failed while at 1500 feet and the aircraft was ditched in the Pacific Ocean with towering waves, some of which topped 14 feet.
Sources:
The Willy Victor Roster
Muscatine Journal and News Tribune, December 24,1957
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