Lockheed P-2 Neptune crash, Feb 1, 1953 (11 killed), Okin...
Lockheed P-2 Neptune accident on February 1, 1953 near Okinawa Okinawa, Japan with 11 fatalities. Cause: The cause was controlled flight into terrain..
- Date: February 1, 1953
- Aircraft: Lockheed P-2 Neptune
- Location: Okinawa Okinawa, Japan
- Fatalities: 11
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The cause was controlled flight into terrain.
A US Navy P 2V Neptune of Patrol Squadron 22 was on a maritime patrol flight when it flew into a mountainside on Okinawa in marginal weather. All 11 crew members were killed.