Lockheed P-3 Orion crash, Mar 6, 1969 (6 killed), Lemoore...
Lockheed P-3 Orion accident on March 6, 1969 near Lemoore-Reeves Field AFB California, United States with 6 fatalities.
- Date: March 6, 1969
- Aircraft: Lockheed P-3 Orion
- Location: Lemoore-Reeves Field AFB California, United States
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A US Navy Lockheed P 3 Orion on a practice GCA approach at Lemoore nosed down, flared high with an excessive sink rate and touched down hard. The port wing broke off, and the fuselage and wing sections slid down the runway and burned, killing all six occupants.