"Pegasus" Wreckage

Antarctica / Sector claimed by New Zealand / MacMurdo - permanent station of the US /
 airplane, aircraft crash site
On 8 October 1970, the "Pegasus" -- a U.S. Navy Lockheed C-121J Constellation -- crashed on landing at the McMurdo Sound sea ice runway in a blinding snowstorm with extreme crosswinds. The plane lost its entire right wing and its nose gear, but no one aboard was seriously injured. After useful parts were stripped, the aircraft was towed to Outer Williams Field (a no-longer-existent backup airfield) to serve as an ad-hoc shelter. Years later Pegasus Field was built near the plane, adopting its name.
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Coordinates:   77°57'59"S   166°25'42"E
This article was last modified 13 years ago