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| Date: | Wednesday 26 April 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-3B Orion |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 152724 |
| MSN: | 185-5164 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 32 km NE off Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (LFB) -
 Portugal
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (TER/LPLA) |
| Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (TER/LPLA) |
Crashed at sea during a routine training mission.
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
Bangor Daily News - Apr 28, 1978
Location
Images:
photo (c) Peter Donaldson; Brunswick NAS, ME (NHZ/KNHZ); 09 September 1977
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