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| Date: | Sunday 16 March 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor |
| Owner/operator: | VT-3 US Navy |
| Registration: | 160496 |
| MSN: | GL-53 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Colombia, South Carolina -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Whiting Field, FL |
Two flight instructor pilots died in a crash following an engine malfunction. A breakdown of cockpit coordination and discipline followed the engine malfunction, resulting in the pilot failing to maintain flight control and the copilot failing to monitor essential flight indicators.
Sources:
1. http://www.scramble.nl
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries21.html
3. Flight International 16 May 1987: https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987
4. https://www.gao.gov/assets/nsiad-89-119.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 21-Nov-2010 13:48 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Aug-2014 23:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 10-May-2017 06:47 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 10-Feb-2020 11:47 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 09-Oct-2025 05:46 | Zorchin | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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