Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 OCT 1978 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: | Lockheed P-3C-170-LO Orion |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 159892 |
| C/n / msn: | 285A-5643 |
| First flight: | 1976 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison T56-A14 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 15 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 960 km (600 mls) E off Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia (Pacific Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Adak Island NAS, AK (ADK/PADK), United States of America |
| Adak Island NAS, AK (ADK/PADK), United States of America |
The P-3 Orion aircraft was on a surveillance patrol near Siberia when the nr.1 engine oversped. The propeller failed to feather following the emergency shut down of the engine. A lack of gear box oil resulted in a fire. A controlled ditching was performed. The survivors were rescued by a Soviet trawler.
Events:
Sources:
» Fleet AW Association
» 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
» Bangor Daily News - Oct 27, 1978
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Distance from Adak Island NAS, AK to Adak Island NAS, AK as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Adak Island NAS, AK to Adak Island NAS, AK as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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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.
