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| Date: | Thursday 11 April 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-3B Orion |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force - RAAF |
| Registration: | A9-296 |
| MSN: | 185-5406 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Moffett Field NAS, CA (NUQ) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA (NUQ/KNUQ) |
Undercarriage collapsed during pre-delivery acceptance trials. The aircraft burst into flames.
Sources:
P-3 Orion Aircraft Location Report (P-3 Orion Research Group - The Netherlands)
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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