- 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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