Barbers Point - Barbers Point

On June 16, 1983 at 04:00 AM, Barbers Point - Barbers Point experienced a crash involving Lockheed P-3 Orion, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Kauai Island Hawaii.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

14 people were known to be on board, 14 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 10, passenger fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The four engine airplane departed Barbers Point NAS on a night training exercise consisting of a support of ships cruising off Kauai Island. While cruising in limited visibility at an altitude of 3,000 feet, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain and disintegrated on impact. The wreckage was found on a steep ridge (Kalepa Ridge between Honopu and Kalalau valleys) on the Na Pali Coast of Kauai. All 14 occupants were killed. The pilot failed to realize his altitude was insufficient and did not see the mountain.

Aircraft reference details include registration 152720, MSN 185-5160, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 22.0504°, -159.5589°.