Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 APR 1978 |
| Type: | Lockheed P-3B-65-LO Orion |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 152724 |
| C/n / msn: | 185-5164 |
| First flight: | 1966 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 32 km (20 mls) NE off Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (LFB) (Portugal)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (TER/LPLA), Portugal |
| Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (TER/LPLA), Portugal |
Crashed at sea during a routine training mission.
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
» Bangor Daily News - Apr 28, 1978
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Map
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Distance from Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores to Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores to Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
