Incident Overview
Date: Monday 31 October 1960
Aircraft Type: Lockheed WV-2 Super Constellation
Owner/operator: United States Navy
Registration Number: 126513
Location: McMurdo Sound –
ÿ Antarctica
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23
Component Affected: Landing gear, port wing, engineLanding gear, port wing, engine
Category: Accident
A VXN-8 aircraft crashed upon landing at McMurdo Sound due to a snowbank impact, resulting in the collapse of the landing gear and severing of the port wing and engine.A VXN-8 aircraft crashed upon landing at McMurdo Sound due to a snowbank impact, resulting in the collapse of the landing gear and severing of the port wing and engine.
Description
The aircraft, from the Oceanographic Development Squadron Eight (VXN-8) crashed upon landing at McMurdo Sound. It hit snowbank, causing the landing gear to collapse and port wing and engine to be sheared off.
Source of Information
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