With a fire in their Lockheed P-3's number one nacelle, the crew of the Navy's Alpha Foxtrot 586 ditched in the Bering Sea the night of 26 October 1978. To the rescue came the crew of a Coast Guard Hercules, CG 1500, which escorted a Soviet fishing trawler to the crash site.

The Hainan Island incident was a ten-day international incident between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC) that resulted from a mid-air collision between a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft and a Chinese Air Force J-8 interceptor on April 1, 2001.

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.

1991年3月22日 · In the worst naval air crash in decades, 27 crew members are believed to have died in the midair collision of two Navy P-3 Orion anti-submarine planes during a training mission Thursday off the...

About an hour after its departure from Rota NAS, Spain, while cruising at an altitude of 800 meters in marginal weather conditions, the four engine aircraft struck the slope of Jebel Musa (851 meters high) located near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. The aircraft was destroyed and all 14 occupants have been killed.

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 …

Three civilian Electras were lost in fatal accidents between February 1959 and March 1960. Following the third crash, the FAA restricted the maximum speed of Electras pending determination of the causes.

1991年3月22日 · In the worst naval air crash in recent years, 27 crew members are believed to have died in the midair collision of two Navy P-3 Orion anti-submarine planes during a training mission Thursday...

1983年6月16日 · Chicago Daily Herald: “Honolulu — A Navy P3 Orion plane carrying 14 men crashed on a remote, treacherous section of Kauai Island early Thursday, and all aboard were killed, the Navy said. Lt Cmdr Roger Copeland, public affairs officer for the Third Fleet at Pearl Harbor, confirmed the deaths late Thursday.

During climb out, approximately 15000 ft from Cubi Point, the P-3 crew lost engines number 1 and number 2. It is believed that a gear box failure in engine no. 1 caused the propeller to depart striking engine no. 2. The crew attempted to return to Cubi Point NAS but the airplane crashed short of the runway.