Adak - Adak

On October 26, 1978 at 03:30 PM, Adak - Adak experienced a crash involving Lockheed P-3 Orion, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Pacific Ocean All World.

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

15 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 10 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew departed Adak Airport on a maritime patrol flight over the north Pacific Ocean under callsign 'Alfa Fox 586'. En route, the engine n°1 oversped and the crew was unable to feather its propeller. A lack of oil caused the engine to catch fire and the crew decided to ditch the airplane about 370 km south of Attu Island. Five occupants were killed while 10 others were rescued by the crew of a Soviet trawler.

Aircraft reference details include registration 159892, MSN 285-5643, year of manufacture 1976.