Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 26 October 1978
Aircraft Type: Lockheed P-3C Orion
Owner/operator: United States Navy
Registration Number: 159892
Location: 960 km E off Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia –
ÿ Pacific Ocean
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 15
Category: Accident
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Description
The P-3 Orion aircraft was on a surveillance patrol near Siberia when the no. 1 engine oversped. The propeller failed to feather following the emergency shut down of the engine. A lack of gear box oil resulted in a fire. A controlled ditching was performed. The survivors were rescued by a Soviet trawler.
Source of Information
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