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| Date: | Monday 3 May 1954 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V-6 Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 126516 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Sinking Spring, PA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Quonset Point NAS, RI |
| Patuxent River NAS, MD |
The Neptune was forced to land in a field following a double engine failure at 12000ft.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
https://books.google.nl/books?id=HgwrAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Plane+crash&article_id=1245,1119449&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjRrqOn58aQAxUs0wIHHaZHOFkQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=Plane%20crash&f=false
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2025 13:02 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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