Patuxent River - Patuxent River

On January 30, 1963 at 02:00 AM, Patuxent River - Patuxent River experienced a crash involving Lockheed P-3 Orion, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Atlantic Ocean All World.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

14 people were known to be on board, 14 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 10, passenger fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 0.

The crew departed Patuxent River NAS on a night exercise with a US Marine Ship. While cruising at an altitude of 500 feet, the airplane nosed down and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, some 231 miles east of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Few debris and the dead body of the captain were found floating on water. No trace of the rest of the crew was found.

Aircraft reference details include registration 149672, MSN 5013, year of manufacture 1962.