Quonset Point, Rhode Island – November 15, 1945
U.S. Navy PV-1 Ventura
U. S. Navy Photo
On November 15, 1945, a U. S. Navy PV-1 Ventura, (Bu. No. 34793), was approaching to land at the Quonset Point Naval Air station when it was discovered that the landing gear would not come down. The aircraft circled for the next two hours while the crew attempted to rectify the problem, but they were unable to do so. The aircraft made an emergency wheels-up landing on a grass strip parallel to the runway. The aircraft was damaged, but the six-man crew was uninjured.
Source:
U. S. Navy accident report #44-9716, dated November 15, 1945.
