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| Date: | Tuesday 10 August 2004 |
| Time: | c. 19:42 |
| Type: | Lockheed S-3B Viking |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | 160567 |
| MSN: | 3147 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kita Iwo Jima -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) |
| USS John C. Stennis |
The plane crashed on a small volcanic island, apparently because of a crew error. All four occupants died in the crash. Analysis of the circumstances ot the accident suggests that the crew mistook the image of the island on the aircraft's radar for that of the carrier and crashed after making an approach to land (US Navy report 2 JUN 2005)
Sources:
Scramble 307
https://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/japan-kita-iwo-jima.html
AFM OCT 2004/DEC 2005, p77
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Aug-2017 18:06 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jul-2021 19:21 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Dec-2021 13:18 | TB | Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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