Re-fueling plane crash; Point Mugu NAS, CA

Point Mugu NAS, CA | 2011-May-19

Initial Notification: At approximately 1700hrs on 18MAY2011 a Boeing 707 military refueling airplane crashed at the end of the runway at Naval Air Station Point Mugu. All crewmembers survived and the aircraft burned for a number of hours. Initial reports indicated that none of the approx 25,000 gallons of JP-8 jet fuel on-board had reached the Ocean. The next morning it became apparent that some of the JP-8 had entered the marsh area adjacent to the crash site and at 0830hrs on 19MAY2011 product was observed in the tidal channel under L Avenue (approx 1/3 mile from crash site). Navy Region Southwest and USCG MSD Santa Barbara contacted the NOAA SSC to request information on oil persistence in the marsh complex and trajectory support.