Hull-loss description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 JUL 2003 |
| Type: | Lockheed P-3C Orion |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 163005 |
| C/n / msn: | 185-5812 |
| First flight: | 1988 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison T56-A14 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Jacksonville NAS, FL (NIP) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
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The gaseous oxygen bottles for the quick-don oxygen masks in the cockpit, said bottles being accessed from the lower fuselage of the aircraft exterior, were being serviced by a ground maintenance crew while the aircraft's own auxiliary power unit (APU) was running. A fire in this area of the fuselage subsequently broke out and could not be contained before extensive damage to the airframe occurred.
Sources:
» P-3 Orion Aircraft Location Report (P-3 Orion Research Group - The Netherlands)
» J. B. Philpitt, CAPT USN (Ret) (E-mail, 5 June 2009)
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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.
