Dates

Event

Circa 1955

Constructed as a P-2H.

Circa 1955

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 135587.

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 24110.

31 July 1968

Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

May 1972

Withdrawn from use.
Stored at Sidney, British Columbia.

From 1972 to 1975

To Johnson Flying Service, Missoula MT with new c/r N14447.

13 June 1974

Certificate of airworthiness for NR14447 (P2V-7, 8010) issued.

19 March 1975

To Black Hills Aviation Inc, Alamogordo keeping c/r N14447.

5 October 1982

Photographer: Paul Thallon
Notes: 1982 photo at Alamogordo, NM of a P2V-7 Neptune

23 August 1986

Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: At Gowen Field, Boise

13 September 1993

To Neptune Aviation Services Inc, Missoula, MT keeping c/r N14447.

Based at Neptune Aviation, Missoula International Airport, Missoula, MT.
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Operated as fire service #11.

By 6 May 2003

Photographer: Unknown
Notes: Photographed at Missoula.

5 May 2010

Certificate of airworthiness for NR14447 (P2V-7, 8010) issued.

19 April 2012

To Neptune Aviation Services Inc, Missoula, MT keeping c/r N14447.

3 June 2012

Crashed.
Summary: The damage to the airframe was substantial. There were two fatalities. There were 12,313 hours on the airframe at the time. It was a local fire fighting flight from Cedar City Airport, UT (CDC/KCDC), United States of America. The accident occurred at ca 35km W of Modena, Iron County, UT (United States of America) while maneuvering. The airframe was damaged beyond repair. Narrative: A Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune (Air Tanker mod. ) N14447, coded Tanker 11, under contract to the US Forest Service, crashed about 20 miles north of Modena, Iron County, Utah, during a fire fighting operation against the White Rock Fire in the Hamblin Valley Area...
For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

3 June 2012

Crashed.
There were two fatalities. The accident occurred at the Cedar City Regional Airport (KCDC) Modena, UT, United States while maneuvering. The damage was substantial. Tanker 11 departed the tanker base to conduct its second fire retardant drop of the day in the same location. Upon arriving in the fire traffic area, Tanker 11 followed the lead airplane into the drop zone, which was located in a shallow valley 0. 4 mile wide and 350 feet deep...
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

1 January 2013

Certificate of airworthiness for NR14447 (P2V-7, 8010) issued.

18 December 2014

Civil registration, N14447, cancelled.