ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64693
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| Date: | 28-FEB-1986 |
| Time: | 09:20 |
| Type: |  Northrop T-38A Talon |
| Owner/operator: | USAF 47.FTW |
| Registration: | 64-13296 |
| MSN: | N.5725 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Comstock, Texas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | KDLF |
| KDLF | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed during a training mission.
The instructor recounts: "Student pilot was on his Dollar Ride. About 9 minutes into the training sortie, I (the IP) initiated a 20 degree NH, inverted climb in preparation for a Split-S demonstration. At 21,000 ft, I pushed the throttles up to max and aggressively initiated the Split-S maneuver. At about 70 degrees NL inverted, the Horizontal Tail Control Rod shattered. This rod is about a 6-inch long, 1/2 inch diameter, hollow aluminum rod that attaches the stick to the elevator assembly. The jet immediately unloaded and began an inverted dive. A few seconds later with the aircraft speed at 420 KIAS, I initiated an ejection with my seat going first and the student's seat a few seconds later. My canopy didn't come off, so I was ejected thru the canopy. The student's ejection went as expected."
Sources:
Scramble 249
http://web.archive.org/web/20171126074757/http://www.Ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/t_38_talon.htm
Images:
Moments after the student and I were recovered. Photos are from investigation
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2012 04:22 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2018 07:20 | JF | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source] |
| 09-Jun-2022 05:22 | Kguillotte | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Photo] |
| 09-Jun-2022 05:23 | harro | Updated [Country] |
| 10-Jun-2022 06:41 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
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