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| Date: | Saturday 6 February 1988 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-3C Orion |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 157330 |
| MSN: | 5545 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jacksonville NAS, FL (NIP) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Jacksonville NAS, FL (NIP/KNIP) |
| Jacksonville NAS, FL (NIP/KNIP) |
The Lockheed P-3C Orion had just completed depot level maintenance at NAS Jacksonville, FL (KNIP) and the flight crew from the aircrafts home squadron at NAS Moffett Field, CA was conducting a local post-depot maintenance acceptance flight.
The main runway at KNIP was undergoing reconstruction with a displaced threshold due to construction down to pavement sub-base (aprx depth 3 ft) in first 1000 feet of the runway.
The aircraft landed short in the runway construction zone, tearing off one main landing gear mount. The aircraft initiated a climb, retracted remaining landing gear, and executed an emergency gear up landing at nearby then-NAS Cecil Field (KNZC), which became the joint civil-military Cecil Airport (KVQQ) in Oct 1999.
Sources:
https://www.p3orion.nl/ALHR.pdf
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