Date: | Monday 12 April 2010 |
Time: | 15:25 |
Type: | North American Rockwell T-39N Sabreliner |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
Registration: | 165513 |
MSN: | 282-66 |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT12A-6A Turbo Wasp |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 8 km NE of Morganton, Fannin County, GA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Pensacola NAS, FL (NPA/KNPA) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Rockwell T-39N Sabreliner twin-jet, operated by Training Air Wing Six (US Navy), was destroyed in an accident near Blue Ridge, Fannin County, GA. All four crew members are presumed to have been killed in the accident The bodies of three have been recovered so far.
The airplane operated on a routine cross-country training mission out of Pensacola NAS, FL (NPA). It crashed in dense woods, igniting a 15 acre fire.
Sources:
US Navy statement At least 3 dead in north Ga. Navy plane crash (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Location
Images:
photo (c) E-Mans av8pix.com; Houston-Ellington Field, TX (EFD/KEFD); 19 April 2008; (CC:by-nc-sa)
photo (c) Drewski2112; Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA (BFI/KBFI); 20 March 2009; (CC:by-nc)
photo (c) Scott Shea; Pensacola NAS, FL (NPA/KNPA); 12 April 2010
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