Accident Lockheed P-3A Orion 151380,
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Date:Tuesday 27 July 1965
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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: 151380
MSN: 185-5093
Year of manufacture:1964
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Bermuda-Kindley Field NAS (NWU) -   Bermuda
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Bermuda-Kindley Field NAS (NWU)
Destination airport:Bermuda-Kindley Field NAS (NWU)
Narrative:
Collided with the ground during touch-and-go training. Reportedly the wrong fuel cut-off switch was activated.

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
The Straits Times 29 June 1965, p3

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