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| Date: | Tuesday 22 January 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed Neptune MR.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WX511 |
| MSN: | 426-5106 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS) -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS/EGQK) |
| Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS/EGQK) |
The Lockheed Neptune was engaged in a test flight prior to a flight to Malta. During a "touch and go" the propellers failed to go into fine pitch. The captain aborted the takeoff but overran the runway. In order not to hit a bus on the Findhorn road, he selected the undercarriage up. The nose wheel retracted, but the main wheels didn't. The plane stood on its nose and ground to a halt with one engine on fire. The crew all exited the plane without injury.
Sources:
rafcommands.com
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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