Lockheed P-2 Neptune crash, Oct 3, 2003 (2 killed), San B...
Lockheed P-2 Neptune accident on October 3, 2003 near San Bernardino, California, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: The pilot's inadequate...
- Date: October 3, 2003
- Aircraft: Lockheed P-2 Neptune
- Location: San Bernardino, California, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and decision making, leading to continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions and controlled flight into mountainous terrain.
A Lockheed P2V Neptune firefighting tanker on a positioning flight from Prescott to San Bernardino flew into low cloud in mountainous terrain while descending in a canyon. It collided with the canyon walls in controlled flight and the wreckage burned. Both pilots were killed.