Stephenville – Patuxent

On January 17, 1955 at 05:15 AM, Stephenville – Patuxent experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-121 Super Constellation, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Codroy Newfoundland & Labrador.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While cruising by night over the Prince Edward Island, the crew informed ATC about a dual engine failure and elected to return to Stephenville-Ernest Harmon Airport. While approaching Newfoundland, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the gulf of Saint-Laurent off Codroy, about 112 km southwest of Stephenville. All 13 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 131639, MSN 4140, year of manufacture 1953.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.8056°, -59.2187°.