Lockheed P-3 Orion crash, Nov 17, 1964 (10 killed), Argen...
Lockheed P-3 Orion accident on November 17, 1964 near Argentia NAS Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada with 10 fatalities. Cause: Squadron history...
- Date: November 17, 1964
- Aircraft: Lockheed P-3 Orion
- Location: Argentia NAS Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Squadron history attributes the loss to generator failures in icing conditions during the approach in marginal weather. No official cause was found in the sources reviewed.
A US Navy Lockheed Orion patrol aircraft of squadron VP45 from Argentia Naval Air Station was on a training flight when two generators failed. The crew turned back toward Argentia, and the aircraft crashed into Placentia Bay while approaching in marginal weather, killing all 10 crew members.