Lockheed P-3 Orion crash, Oct 26, 1978 (5 killed), Pacifi...
Lockheed P-3 Orion accident on October 26, 1978 near Pacific Ocean, World with 5 fatalities. Cause: Failure and fire of engine No. 1 for undetermined...
- Date: October 26, 1978
- Aircraft: Lockheed P-3 Orion
- Location: Pacific Ocean, World
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Failure and fire of engine No. 1 for undetermined reasons, following propeller overspeed and loss of oil.
On 26 October 1978 US Navy Lockheed P-3 Orion BuNo 159892, flying the Alfa Foxtrot 586 antisubmarine patrol from Adak, suffered an overspeed of the No. 1 engine propeller that could not be feathered. Oil loss led to an engine fire and the crew ditched in heavy seas about 370 km south of Attu Island. Five occupants were killed and the survivors were picked up by a Soviet trawler.