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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-26 / P2V / P-2 Neptune
    Latest Model:P2V-5F Neptune
    Last Military Serial:131434 USN
    Construction Number:426-5315
    Last Civil Registration:N96271
    Compressed ID:Lockheed P2V-5F sn 131434 USN cn 42...
    Latest Owner or Location:Black Hills Aviation

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    Dates

    Event

    1954

    Constructed as a P2V-5F.

    1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 131434.

    5 November 1976

    To Black Hills Aviation with new c/r N96271.

    18 May 1977

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR96271 (P2V-5F, 131434) issued.

    Operated as fire service #7.

    August 1982


    Photographer: Ugo Vicenzi / Eric Bannwarth Collection
    Notes: N96271 - P-2V5 Neptune - Black Hills - 07 - ex USN 131434

    10 September 1987

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. There were two fatalities. This was a fire fighting flight. Narrative: On September 10, 1987, the U. S. Army called Black Hills Aviation to suppress a fire started by a FAADS missile at the White Sands Missile Base, New Mexico. The aircraft, Tanker 07, crashed at the Missile Base, killing both crew members.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    7 July 1994

    To unknown owner with c/r N96271.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Alamogordo, NM.

    2005

    Noted as a stripped hulk at Missoula MT.

    29 November 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r N96271.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Alamogordo, NM.
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