Date:	Tuesday 12 July 1988
Time:
Type:	North American Rockwell CT-39E Sabreliner
Owner/operator:	United States Navy
Registration:	158381
MSN:	282-93
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT12A-8 Turbo Wasp
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	off Spratly Islands [South China Sea] -   Pacific Ocean
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Singapore-Changi International Airport (SIN/WSSS)
Destination airport:	Subic Bay International Airport (SFS/RPLB)

Narrative:
A U.S. Navy North American Rockwell CT-39E Sabreliner jet was ditched in the South China Sea off the Spratly Islands. All three crew members entered a life raft and were later rescued by a Vietnamese navy vessel.
The airplane, from the Navy's Fleet Logistics Support Squadron at Cubi Point, suffered problems with the navigation system, forcing the crew to ditch the plane when it ran out of fuel.

Viets save 3 U.S. pilots in China Sea (Elyria Chronicle Telegram, 1988-07-15)

photo (c) US Navy; in flight; 01 July 1980; (publicdomain)

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