Adak - Jacksonville

On June 3, 1969 at 12:00 AM, Adak - Jacksonville experienced a crash involving Lockheed P-3 Orion, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Adak Alaska.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. During the takeoff roll at Adak Airport, the pilot-in-command pull the control column and started to rotate when the copilot reported a technical problem (smoke hatch blew open). The crew decided to abort the takeoff procedure and started an emergency braking manoeuvre. Few seconds later, the airplane veered off runway to the left and struck an obstacle, causing the right wing to be torn off. The airplane came to rest in flames down an embankment. All eight crew members escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 151363, MSN 185-5076, year of manufacture 1964.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.8736°, -176.6390°.