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| Date: | Tuesday 5 September 2017 |
| Time: | 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Sukhoi Su-27UB Flanker-C |
| Owner/operator: | US Air Force (USAF) Air Force Materiel Command |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nevada Test and Training Range, NV -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Lt. Col. Eric Schultz serving with the Air Force Materiel Command died from injuries sustained in an accident at the Nevada Test and Training Range. Both pilots of the jet had to bail out following a landing gear failure.
Sources:
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/09/08/airman-dies-another-plane-crash-nevada-training-range.html
http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/annapolis/ac-cn-eric-schultz-0910-story.html
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/military/air-force-pilot-killed-in-crash-100-miles-northwest-of-nellis-base/
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/area-51-test-pilots-mysterious-death-happened-heroically-flying-an-su-27-report
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/14254/lets-talk-about-the-circulating-reports-and-theories-regarding-what-crashed-near-area-51
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Sep-2017 07:49 | gerard57 | Added |
| 09-Sep-2017 07:50 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2017 09:09 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2017 09:10 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2017 09:11 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2017 14:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, ] |
| 17-Sep-2017 05:54 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 24-Jun-2018 08:02 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 19-May-2022 06:55 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 19-May-2022 06:59 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Narrative, ] |
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