Kadena - Kadena

On April 5, 1968 at 03:10 AM, Kadena - Kadena experienced a crash involving Lockheed P-3 Orion, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Pacific Ocean All World.

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

12 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 12, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The airplane departed Kadena AFB on a night patrol flight over the Pacific Ocean. While cruising at low height in a flat attitude some 320 km east of Okinawa, the aircraft struck the water surface, crashed and broke in three pieces that sank by a depth of 1,600 meters. Four crew members were found alive while eight others were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 151350, MSN 185-5063, year of manufacture 1963.