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| Date: | Thursday 16 April 1970 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  North American T-39A Sabreliner |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 61-0640 |
| MSN: | 265-43 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Weldon, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sumter-Shaw AFB, SC (SSC/KSSC) |
| Hampton-Langley AFB, VA (LFI/KLFI) |
The T-39 jet was en route from MacDill AFB (MCF) to Langley AFB (LFI) with an en route stop at Shaw AFB (SSC). It collided with a U.S. Navy Douglas TA-4F Skyhawk plane. The T-39 in a residential neighborhood in Weldon. The Skyhawk crashed near Roanoke Rapids-Halifax County Airport, NC (RZZ).
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