| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | April 12, 1973 |
| Time: | 14:50 |
| Location: | Moffett AFB, California |
| Operator: | Military - U.S. Navy |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | ? |
| AC Type: | Lockheed P-3C Orion /Convair CV-990 |
| Registration: | N711NA / 157332 |
| cn / ln: | ? / 185-5547 |
| Aboard: | 16 (passengers:0 crew:16) |
| Fatalities: | 15 (passengers:0 crew:15) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Mid-air collision while landing. Five of 6 on the Orion and eleven aboard the CV-990 killed. Failure of the crew of the NASA crew to maintain a proper lookout for the P-3 which had transmitted being on the base leg and cleared to continue to Runway 32. |
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