Accident Lockheed S-3B Viking 160567,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57943
 
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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
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kita Iwo Jima -   Japan
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
Destination airport:USS John C. Stennis
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
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/timeContributorUpdates
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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