Date: | Thursday 10 July 2003 |
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Type: | Lockheed P-3C Orion |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
Registration: | 163005 |
MSN: | 185-5812 |
Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
Engine model: | Allison T56-A14 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | OT |
Location: | Jacksonville NAS, FL (NIP) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative: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 when the O2 manifold overheating caused an ignition. 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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