Litchfield Park - Prescott - Litchfield Park

On February 28, 1959 at 12:00 AM, Litchfield Park - Prescott - Litchfield Park experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-121 Super Constellation, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Prescott-Ernest A. Love Arizona.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew left Litchfield Park NAS near Phoenix to conduct a local training mission at Prescott Airport. After completing several touch and go manoeuvres, the crew was flying at an altitude of about 300 feet east of the airfield when control was lost. The aircraft entered a dive and crashed in flames in a near vertical attitude in a wooded area located along Highway 89. The aircraft burst into flames and all five crew members were killed. It was reported that one of the propeller was feathered when control was lost. Crew: Cdr Lukas Victor Dachs, pilot, Lt Theodore L. Rivenburg Jr., Lt Edward Francis Souza, Calvin Coolodge Coon, flight engineer, James Stephan Miller, engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration 54-4069, MSN 4149, year of manufacture 1954.