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| Date: | Wednesday 15 April 1987 |
| Time: | 13:08 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor |
| Owner/operator: | VT-2, US Navy |
| Registration: | 161048 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cantonment, FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | KNSE |
| KNSE |
ENS Gregory McMichael, USN '86, was lost on April 15, 1987 when the T-34C he was piloting crashed during his safe-for-solo flight check near Chumuckla, Florida, along with his flight instructor. During the lesson, a FAM-13 recheck after a previous unsatisfactory check, the aircraft stalled at low altitude, spun, and impacted the ground nose first, landing about 100 feet from an unoccupied home. There was no fire and no one on the ground was injured.
Sources:
Pensacola News-Journal article, January 27, 1988
https://www.runtohonor.com/blog?offset=1684749600809
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/04/15/Two-airmen-die-in-crash/8673545457600/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 03-Mar-2014 17:51 | T-34C IP | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Jun-2016 20:38 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jun-2024 08:03 | usna86 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Oct-2025 17:14 | Zorchin | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
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