Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 APR 1966 |
| Type: | Lockheed P-3A-55-LO Orion |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 152171 |
| C/n / msn: | 185-5141 |
| First flight: | 1965 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 300 km (187.5 mls) S off San Diego-North Island NAS, CA (NZY), USA (Pacific Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA (NUQ/KNUQ), United States of America |
| Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA (NUQ/KNUQ), United States of America |
Crashed into water due to loss of autopilot during an anti-submarine training flight.
Sources:
» P-3 Orion Aircraft Location Report (P-3 Orion Research Group - The Netherlands)
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
» VPNavy.org
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA to Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
Distance from Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA to Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
