Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
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| Date: | 12 AVR 1973 |
| Heure: | 14:50 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Lockheed P-3C-125-LO Orion |
| Compagnie: | United States Navy |
| Immatriculation: | 157332 |
| Numéro de série: | 185-5547 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1970 |
| Moteurs: | 4 Allison T56-A14 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 6 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 6 |
| Victime de la collision: | victimes: 11 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 1 km (0.6 milles) S of Moffett Field NAS, CA (NUQ) (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA (NUQ/KNUQ), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA (NUQ/KNUQ), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Lockheed P-3C 157332 departed Moffett Field for a training flight in the area. At the time of the accident, the crew had been flying approaches to touch-and-goes on runway 32L for about an hour and a half, circling in a left-hand pattern west of the air station. At the same time a Convair CV-990 operated by NASA (N711NA) was testing survey equipment over Monterey Bay. At 14:46 the CV-990 pilot contacted Moffett Field, stating that he was ten miles south of the air station and requesting a straight-in approach. They were then cleared for an approach to runway 32R and to contact the tower when he was seven miles out. Two minutes later the P-3C pilot reported that he was turning base with wheels down. At 14:49 the controller cleared the CV-990 to land at runway 32L.The pilot did not question the change of runways. The CV-990 descended above the P-3 on a converging path. The CV-990's nose gear collided with the tail and the upper fuselage of the Orion, which pitched up during the collision. Both aircraft lost control and crashed on the Sunnyvale Municipal Golf Course, half a mile short of the runway.
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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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA et Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA est de NAN km (NAN miles).
La distance entre Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA et Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA est de NAN km (NAN miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
