El Toro - El Toro

On February 11, 1969 at 08:23 PM, El Toro - El Toro experienced a crash involving Lockheed P-2 Neptune, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near El Toro MCAS California.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a local training mission at El Toro MCAS. On approach by night, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the right wing struck the top of ridge. The airplane crashed in the Harding Canyon located 7 miles northwest of the airbase. All seven crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 131487, MSN 426-5368.