Date:	Wednesday 26 April 1978
Time:
Type:	Lockheed P-3B Orion
Owner/operator:	United States Navy
Registration:	152724
MSN:	185-5164
Year of manufacture:	1966
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	32 km NE off Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (LFB) -   Portugal
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (TER/LPLA)
Destination airport:	Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (TER/LPLA)

Narrative:
Crashed at sea during a routine training mission.

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
Bangor Daily News - Apr 28, 1978

photo (c) Peter Donaldson; Brunswick NAS, ME (NHZ/KNHZ); 09 September 1977

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