Narrative:
Two US Navy Sabreliners, 165522 and 165525, departed Pensacola on a training mission. Both aircraft collided. Rescue crews found two debris fields about six miles apart.
Loss of control
accident date: 08-05-2002
type: Rockwell T-39N Sabreliner
registration: N19HF
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 8 May 2002 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  North American Rockwell T-39N Sabreliner |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 165525 |
| MSN: | 282-100 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT12A-6A Turbo Wasp |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 64 km (40 mls) S off Pensacola, FL [Gulf of Mexico] ( Atlantic Ocean)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pensacola NAS, FL (NPA/KNPA), United States of America |
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Two US Navy Sabreliners, 165522 and 165525, departed Pensacola on a training mission. Both aircraft collided. Rescue crews found two debris fields about six miles apart.
Classification:
Mid air collisionLoss of control
Sources:
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accident date: 08-05-2002
type: Rockwell T-39N Sabreliner
registration: N19HF
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