Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 APR 1968 |
| Type: | Lockheed P-3B-95-LO Orion |
| Operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A9-296 |
| C/n / msn: | 185-5406 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Moffett Field NAS, CA (NUQ) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA (NUQ/KNUQ), United States of America |
Undercarriage collapsed during pre-delivery acceptance trials. The aircraft burst into flames.
Sources:
» P-3 Orion Aircraft Location Report (P-3 Orion Research Group - The Netherlands)
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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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.
