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| Date: | Thursday 11 May 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed XP2V-1 Neptune |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 48238 |
| MSN: | 26-1002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oyster, Northampton County, VA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK) |
| Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK) |
The second Lockheed XP2V-1 Neptune prototype, was damaged beyond repair during flight test out of NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, when one of the engines fell off.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
The Evening Star 12 May 1950, pA7
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