151711

On April 8, 1970 at 12:00 AM, 151711 experienced a crash involving Grumman E-2C Hawkeye, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Gulf of Tonkin All Vietnam.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While completing a maritime patrol flight and while cruising 112 km off Ð<U+1ED3>ng H<U+1EDB>i, the crew informed ground about fire in the cockpit and elected to return to USS Coral Sea. Shortly later, the airplane crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin. All five crew members were killed. Crew: Lt(jg) Charles Brooks Pfaffmann, Lt Larry Coleman Knight, SN Brian Lee Bushnell, SN Andrew Anthony Horchar, AMEC Jack Lee Wright.

Aircraft reference details include registration 151711, MSN A031.