Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 SEP 1997 |
| Type: | Lockheed EP-3E Orion |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 157320 |
| C/n / msn: | 185-5535 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 26 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Chania-Soúda Airport (CHQ) (Greece)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Chania-Soúda Airport (CHQ/LGSA), Greece |
Veered off runway after a fast landing.
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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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.
