Sangley Point – Elmendorf – Whidbey Island

On December 14, 1967 at 12:00 AM, Sangley Point – Elmendorf – Whidbey Island experienced a crash involving Lockheed P-2 Neptune, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Mt Fairweather Alaska.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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: 14, crew fatalities: 14, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a transpacific flight from Sangley Point AFB to Whidbey Island with probable en route stops in Japan and Alaska (Elmendorf or Ladd AAF). While in cruising altitude, the airplane struck the slope of Mt Fairweather located approximately 123 miles northwest of Juneau. As the aircraft failed to arrive at Whidbey Island NAS, SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the 14 crew members was found. In 1982, the wreckage was found in an isolated area.

Aircraft reference details include registration 135594, MSN 726-7038.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 58.9064°, -137.5261°.