140439 — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

November 9, 1961Accident
Crashed on takeoff while in support of Operation Deep Freeze 1962. While taking off from the skiway at Wilkes Station Antarctica, the Neptune caught fire and crashed. Of the nine men on board, only four survived.
Lockheed P-2 Neptune · 5 fatalities
An investigation of the crash reported the cause as a collision with the ground following an intense, uncontrollable fire in the landing gear - bomb bay fuel tank area. Full accident record