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| Date: | Sunday 5 December 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-3A Orion |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 152151 |
| MSN: | 185-5121 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Luzon Island-Cubi Point NAS (NCP) -
 Philippines
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Luzon Island-Cubi Point NAS (NCP/RPMB) |
The ADI tank was filled with cleaning solvent instead of methanol alcohol. Immediately after takeoff the Turbine Inlet Temperature reached the limits. Engines no. 2 and no. 3 exploded about 20-30 seconds after lift-off. The airplane then lost all electrics and hydraulic and had to be ditched.
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
VPNavy.org
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