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| Date: | Friday 18 April 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 161049 |
| MSN: | Gl-177 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Summerdale, AL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | KNSE |
| KNSE |
Aircraft assigned to Training Wing 5 at NAS Whiting Field departed controlled flight in landing pattern at Navy OLF Summerdale. It was probably an inadvertent skidded-turn stall while practicing low altitude power loss in pattern (LAPL-P) procedures. Crash killed instructor and student from VT-3.
Sources:
I was in VT-3 at the time.
The instructor was the commanding officer. Cdr Dallinger
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2012 01:52 | Anon. | Added |
| 12-Feb-2012 01:53 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 04-Mar-2012 08:03 | Anon. | Updated [Date, Operator, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Mar-2012 08:05 | harro | Updated [Registration, Operator, Damage, ] |
| 28-Jun-2016 20:21 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
| 23-Oct-2019 14:53 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 19-Jul-2025 18:43 | Cpuher | Updated [Source, ] |
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