- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: April 30, 1983
Time: 1209
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Operator: Military - United States Navy
Flight #: ?
Route: Jacksonville NAS - Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
AC Type: Convair CV-340
Registration: 141010
cn / ln: 293
Aboard: 15   (passengers:9  crew:6)
Fatalities: 15   (passengers:98  crew:6)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed into St. John's River just shy of the Jacksonville Naval Air Station's main runway. Shortly after takeoff, one of the engines burst into flames and the crew was trying to make it back to the air station.
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