Brunswick - Trenton

On September 22, 1978 at 12:15 PM, Brunswick - Trenton experienced a crash involving Lockheed P-3 Orion, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Poland Maine.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The four engine airplane departed Brunswick NAS, Maine, at 1205LT on a flight to Trenton, Ontario, where it was dispatched to an airshow. While climbing, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with stormy weather when the engine n°1 went in whirl mode and detached. 11 feet of the left wing separated and struck the left horizontal stabilizer that was torn off as well. Out of control, the airplane entered a dive and partially disintegrated before crashing near Poland. All eight occupants were killed. Crew: Lt Cdr Francis William Dupont Jr., Lt Jg Donald Edward Merz, Lt Jg George D. Nuttelman, Lt Jg Ernest A. Smith, Aw2 James Allen Piepkorn, Awan Paul G. Schulz, Ad3 Robert Lewis Phillips Jr., Adc Larry Miller.

Aircraft reference details include registration 152757, MSN 185-5199, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 44.0616°, -70.3945°.