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| Date: | Wednesday 8 February 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V-2 Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 122466 |
| MSN: | 126-1097 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Northern Venezuela -
 Venezuela
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Lockheed P2V-2 Neptune crashed while en-route to Antarctica to search for a missing US Navy DHC-3 Otter.
Over the northern coast of Venezuela the aircraft's lost the starboard engine. Torbet elected to return to Piarco Airport, Trinidad.
Fifteen miles from the coast, the port engine failed as well. The pilot then made a 'dead stick' landing in the only jungle clearing in a remote jungle swamp. The plane was completely demolished. Both wings were ripped off and the hull ruptured, all the crew survived unhurt and were rescued by Venezuelan authorities.
Sources:
History Of The Famous Vx-6 Squadron's Aviators. The Men Who Flew The Frozen Continent And The Polar Ice Cap. 1955-1999 / Noel Gillespie
The Panama American (February 08, 1956)
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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