149274

On March 17, 1968 at 12:00 AM, 149274 experienced a crash involving Grumman S-2 Tracker, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Hòn Mê Island Thanh Hóa Province.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The airplane departed USS Yorktown on a maritime patrol flight off the North Vietnam coast. While cruising by night, the crew reported problems with the radar. Shortly later, the airplane crashed into the sea some 40 km off Hòn Mê Island, North Vietnam. Three days later, part of the starboard wing was found but no trace of the four crew members. Crew: Cdr Donald Richard Hubbs, Lt(jg) Lee David Benson, AX2 Randall John Nightingale, ADR Thomas David Barber.

Aircraft reference details include registration 149274, MSN 118, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 19.3711°, 105.9236°.