Accident Lockheed P-3A Orion 149672, Wednesday 30 January 1963
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Date:Wednesday 30 January 1963
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic P3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed P-3A Orion
Owner/operator:United States Navy
Registration: 149672
MSN: 185-5013
Year of manufacture:1962
Fatalities:Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing, written off
Category:Accident
Location:370 km SE off New York, NJ, USA -   Atlantic Ocean
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK)
Destination airport:Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK)
Narrative:
Lost at sea.

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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