152787

On November 16, 1973 at 11:48 AM, 152787 experienced a crash involving Grumman C-2A Greyhound, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Chania Crete / <U+039A><U+03C1><U+03AE>t<U+03B7>.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 70.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Chania-Souda Airport, en route to a US Navy ship cruising in the Mediterranean Sea, the airplane suffered a double engine failure and crashed into the sea about 8 km offshore. Three crew members were rescued while seven others were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 152787, MSN 4.