Date:	Thursday 10 July 2003
Time:
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
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.

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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