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| Date: | Tuesday 21 October 2008 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-3C Orion |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 161585 |
| MSN: | 185-5756 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Engine model: | Allison T56-A14 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bagram Air Base (BPM) -
 Afghanistan
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Bagram Air Base (OAI/OAIX) |
The aircraft overshot the runway at Bagram. The right main landing gear collapsed and both right engines then caught fire. The Bagram Airfield fire department responded immediately and extinguished the fire. The airplane sustained serious structural and fire damage.
Sources:
U.S. plane overshoots runway in Afghanistan / Stars and Stripes (October 22, 2008)
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