Date:	Monday 3 August 1970
Time:
Type:	Lockheed P-3A Orion
Owner/operator:	United States Navy
Registration:	152159
MSN:	185-5129
Year of manufacture:	1965
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	80 km S of Las Vegas, NV -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Las Vegas-Nellis AFB, NV (LSV/KLSV)
Destination airport:	San Diego-North Island NAS, CA (NZY/KNZY)

Narrative:
The Orion entered an area of thunderstorm activity and reportedly broke up and crashed.

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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