Pago Pago - Pago Pago

On April 17, 1980 at 12:00 AM, Pago Pago - Pago Pago experienced a crash involving Lockheed P-3 Orion, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Pago Pago All American Samoa.

The flight was categorized as demonstration and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

6 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 133.3%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 2.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane was taking part in Samoa's Flag Day celebration. It was dropping skydivers near the reviewing area. During the second run, the airplane clipped a mile-long tramway line running across Pago Pago Harbor to Mount Alava. Part of the wing separated and the airplane crashed in flames into an area in front of the two-storey Rainmaker Hotel. All six occupants as well as two people on the ground were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 158213, MSN 185-5558, year of manufacture 1971.