Date:	Wednesday 15 October 2025
Time:	11:28
Type:	Hawker Hunter Mk 58
Owner/operator:	Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC)
Registration:	N335AX
MSN:	41H-697458
Year of manufacture:	1959
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	off Big Sur, CA -   United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Port Hueneme-Point Mugu NAS, CA (NTD/KNTD)
Destination airport:	Monterey, CA (KMRY)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Investigating agency:  NTSB Report number:  Status: Preliminary report Duration: Download report: Preliminary report

An ATAC Hawker Hunter, "ATAC12", went down off the coast of Big Sur this afternoon.

The screenshot shows "ATAC11" N326AX in a low orbit over the site of the downed "ATAC12" (not visible)

"RESCUE04", a NAS Lemoore SAR MH-60 responded and transported pilot to Stanford.

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— Aeroscout (@aeroscouting) October 15, 2025

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Oct-2025 12:13	nhofmann54	Added
16-Oct-2025 13:40	aus	Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ]
21-Oct-2025 13:13	Captain Adam	Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, ]
27-Oct-2025 18:14	Captain Adam	Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Category, Accident report, ]