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| Date: | Tuesday 8 September 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Northrop T-38A Talon |
| Owner/operator: | AD Sqn Thunderbirds USAF |
| Registration: | 68-8182 |
| MSN: | T.6187 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (KBKL), OH -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | KBKL |
Leaving Cleveland. engines ingested several seagulls on takeoff lost power 50 feet, caught fire, crash landed and skidded into Lake Erie. LtCol David L. Smith ejected but the chute failed to deploy correctly, the back seater SSgt Dwight Roberts ejected safely
Sources:
Scramble
http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Thunderbirds-Diamond_Crash.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20171126074757/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/t_38_talon.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Sep-2010 07:10 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Country, ] |
| 06-Sep-2014 16:14 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Dec-2016 19:22 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 22-May-2018 14:26 | j155 | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Dec-2019 20:25 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 08-Feb-2020 18:02 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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