Accident
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 21 MAR 1991 |
| Tipo: | Lockheed P-3C-150-LO Orion |
| Operador: | United States Navy |
| Registración: | 158930 |
| Numéro de série: | 185-5602 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1973 |
| Motores: | 4 Allison T56-A14 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: / Ocupantes: |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: / Ocupantes: |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 14 / Ocupantes: 14 |
| Víctimas de la colisión: | Fatalidades: 13 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | NW off San Diego, CA (Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA (NUQ/KNUQ), Estados Unidos de América |
| Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA (NUQ/KNUQ), Estados Unidos de América |
Mid-air collision with US Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion 159325. Both aircraft crashed, killing 27 occupants in total. It has not been confirmed that Orion 159325 carried 13 Navy personnel and that there were 14 on Orion 158930. It may have been the other way around.
Fuentes:
» 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
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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.
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