Date:	Saturday 9 April 1966
Time:	19:25
Type:	Lockheed P-3A Orion
Owner/operator:	United States Navy
Registration:	152171
MSN:	185-5141
Year of manufacture:	1965
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	300 km S off San Diego-North Island NAS, CA (NZY), USA -   Pacific Ocean
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA (NUQ/KNUQ)
Destination airport:	Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA (NUQ/KNUQ)

Narrative:
Crashed into water due to loss of autopilot during an anti-submarine training flight.

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

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