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| Date: | Friday 5 February 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed RC-121C Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-3838 |
| MSN: | 4114 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | San Pablo Bay, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Novato-Hamilton AFB, CA |
| Novato-Hamilton AFB, CA |
The Lockheed RC-121C Super Constellation aircraft crashed into the water of San Pablo Bay during a GCA radar approach in dense fog.
Sources:
San Bernardino Sun, 6 February 1954
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