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| Date: | Thursday 16 June 1983 |
| Time: | 04:00 |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-3B Orion |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 152720 |
| MSN: | 185-5160 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kauai, HI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Barbers Point NAS, HI (NAX) |
Crashed into mountain side during a routine training exercise in support of ships operating in the waters off the Kauai coast.
Sources:
P-3 Orion Aircraft Location Report (P-3 Orion Research Group - The Netherlands)
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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