Date:	Friday 22 June 2018
Time:	11:33 LT
Type:	Embraer EMB-314B (A-29B) Super Tucano
Owner/operator:	586th FTS USAF
Registration:	PT-ZNV
MSN:	31400221
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Red Rio Bombing Range, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico -   United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Alamogordo-Holloman AFB, NM (HMN/KHMN)
Destination airport:	Alamogordo-Holloman AFB, NM (HMN/KHMN)
Investigating agency:	USAF AIB

Narrative:
An Embraer EMB-314B (A-29B) "Super Tucano" participating in the USAF's Light Attack Experiment at the Red Rio Bombing Range impacted the ground at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. One of the two crew received minor injuries. The other crew member, USN Lt, died in the crash. The Red Rio Bombing Range encompasses about 196,000 acres on WSMR, about 65 miles N of Holloman AFB.

The aircraft entered an uncontrolled spiral dive after the pilot released a 500lb (227kg) GBU-12 bomb and failed to compensate properly for the aircraft’s sudden change in weight balance.

The crash came about five weeks after the USAF kicked off the second phase of the light attack experiment at on 17 May. The USAF plans to make a decision to potentially buy hundreds of light attack fighters after evaluating the data gathered during this experiment. In addition to the A-29, Textron Aviation provided a AT-6 Wolverine for the USAF to evaluate.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/06/22/aircraft-crashes-holloman-air-force-base.html
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/06/22/aircraft-crashes-at-bombing-range-near-holloman-condition-of-pilots-unknown/
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/a-29-super-tucano-crashes-during-light-attack-experi-449680/
http://www.cavok.com.br/blog/embraer-divulga-nota-oficial-sobre-acidente-com-a-29-super-tucano-nos-eua/
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21725/u-s-navy-pilot-pronounced-dead-in-a-29-super-tucano-crash-at-white-sands-missile-range
http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=106117
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/02/22/navy-a-29-pilot-in-air-forces-light-attack-experiment-died-in-crash-after-sharp-low-speed-turn/
http://www.airforcemag.com/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2019/06222018_A29_New_Mexico.pdf

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Jun-2018 01:32	Geno	Added
23-Jun-2018 01:33	Geno	Updated [Operator, ]
23-Jun-2018 07:06	Aerossurance	Updated [Time, Damage, Narrative, ]
23-Jun-2018 08:10	Aerossurance	Updated [Operator, Embed code, Narrative, ]
23-Jun-2018 19:42	Black Typhoon	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ]
24-Jun-2018 06:30	gerard57	Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]
24-Jun-2018 08:17	Aerossurance	Updated [Narrative, ]
24-Jun-2018 08:20	Aerossurance	Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
24-Jun-2018 08:43	Aerossurance	Updated [Source, ]
24-Jun-2018 08:53	Aerossurance	Updated [Source, ]
25-Feb-2019 19:28	Aerossurance	Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
25-Feb-2019 19:32	Aerossurance	Updated [Narrative, ]
12-Feb-2020 09:57	Iwosh	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ]
03-May-2020 11:10	harro	Updated [Time, Accident report, ]