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| Date: | Tuesday 10 September 2002 |
| Time: | c. 21:30 |
| Type: | Lockheed S-3B Viking |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 159402 |
| MSN: | 3038 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Puerto Rico -
 Puerto Rico
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) |
Crashed in sea on refuelling mission. It appears that the crew lost situational awareness during the night-time exercise and dived steeply into the ocean.
Sources:
Scramble 283
http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/091102/new_navyplane.html
AFM AUG 2003
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Sep-2011 04:50 | Anon. | Updated [Location, ] |
| 14-Sep-2011 06:13 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 26-Jan-2020 20:05 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jan-2021 18:18 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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