Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 10 JAN 2006 |
| Time: | ca 11:00 |
| Type: | North American Rockwell T-39N Sabreliner |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 165524 |
| C/n / msn: | 282-60 |
| First flight: | 1966 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT12A-6A Turbo Wasp |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 16 km (10 mls) S of Villanow, GA (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military training |
| Departure airport: | Chattanooga-Lovell Field, TN (CHA/KCHA), United States of America |
| Pensacola NAS, FL (NPA/KNPA), United States of America |
The Sabreliner took off for a navigation training mission around 11:00 and was scheduled to arrive in Pensacola around 15:00. Last radio contact was at 11:20. The aircraft was found to have crashed on Johns Mountain. Debris was scattered over several hundreds yards. Investigators found the point of initial impact that probably caused the accident about a mile away from the crash site, where the airplane appears to have contacted a tree.
Sources:
» AP
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
» CNN
» US Navy
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Chattanooga-Lovell Field, TN to Pensacola NAS, FL as the crow flies is 553 km (346 miles).
Distance from Chattanooga-Lovell Field, TN to Pensacola NAS, FL as the crow flies is 553 km (346 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
