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| Date: | Tuesday 10 January 2006 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  North American Rockwell T-39N Sabreliner |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 165524 |
| MSN: | 282-60 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT12A-6A Turbo Wasp |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 16 km S of Villanow, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chattanooga-Lovell Field, TN (CHA/KCHA) |
| Pensacola NAS, FL (NPA/KNPA) |
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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