ASN Aircraft accident Grumman C-2A Greyhound 152793 Cubi Point NAS, Philippines [South China Sea]
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Date:Sunday 12 December 1971
Type:Silhouette image of generic C2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Grumman C-2A Greyhound
Operator:United States Navy
Registration: 152793
MSN: 10
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Total:Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:320 km (200 mls) SW of Cubi Point NAS, Philippines [South China Sea] (   Pacific Ocean)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Luzon Island-Cubi Point NAS (NCP/RPMB), Philippines
Destination airport:Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam
Narrative:
Crashed during a logistics flight. The airplane was based as NAS Cubi Point.

Sources:
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
» Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson
» The Spokesman-Review - Dec 13, 1971


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Distance from Luzon Island-Cubi Point NAS to Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport as the crow flies is 1532 km (958 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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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