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| Date: | Saturday 25 April 1992 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Lockheed YF-22 Lightning II |
| Owner/operator: | Lockheed Corporation |
| Registration: | N22YX |
| MSN: | 3997 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Edwards AFB, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Edwards AFB, CA (EDW/KEDW) |
| Edwards AFB, CA (EDW/KEDW) |
Crashed onto the runway, slid and burnt after violent pilot induced oscillations occurred during touch-and-go with the landing gear down. Pilot Tom Morgenfeld escaped unhurt.
Sources:
Scramble 353
AW&ST 18-5-1992
http://pages.erau.edu/~rogers/as309/Videos/YF-22%20Crash.htm
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Nov-2012 11:32 | harro | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jun-2013 12:56 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jun-2013 12:58 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jun-2013 14:27 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Destination airport, ] |
| 20-Sep-2013 18:25 | harro | Updated [Date, Source, ] |
| 28-Mar-2019 18:06 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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