ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211966
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| Date: | Thursday 31 August 2000 |
| Time: | 16:50 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft T-6A Texan II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 95-3008 |
| MSN: | PT-12 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 mi SE of Randolph AFB, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Randolph AFB (KRND) |
| Randolph AFB (KRND) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
At the end of an instructor pilot familiarization flight, the instructor-under-instruction inadvertently shut off the engine, at an altitude too low to re-light. Both men ejected with minor injuries; the aircraft was destroyed. It was the first T-6A hull loss since its introduction to the Air Education and Training Command at Randolph five months earlier. The cause was determined to be the student instructor's improper hand position on the throttle of the T-6A. The pilot reached for the engine cut-off handle believing it was the flap handle, which is due to a negative transfer of learning from the USAF T-37 Tweet trainer aircraft; the handle locations are in the same place on the throttle. A modification to the T-6 included a hand guard to prevent inadvertent shut-offs.
Sources:
http://www.european-security.com/n_index.php?id=2154
Scramble
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jun-2018 16:05 | peterhantelman | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 10:02 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature] |
| 23-Nov-2018 13:39 | TB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
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