Last updated: 19 January 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 16 January 1968 |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-3A Orion |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 152144 |
| C/n / msn: | 185-5114 |
| First flight: | 1964 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 13 km (8.1 mls) S of Saijo ( Japan)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Iwakuni MCAS (IWK/RJOI), Japan |
| Iwakuni MCAS (IWK/RJOI), Japan |
Crashed into 6200 ft-high Mount Kamgamori, about 100 km east-southeast of Iwakuni MCAS.
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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
» VPNavy.org
» Uniontown Morning Herald January 20,1968
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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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