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| Date: | Monday 21 May 2001 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 161844 |
| MSN: | GL-239 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | ca 3 mi NE of El Cajon, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Leemore, CA |
| NAS Leemore, CA |
Crashed while returning to base after used as spot target for F-18 Hornets on the Chocolate Mountains Gunnery Range. Navy Lt Timothy Gilbreath and Marine Corps passenger 2nd Lt Timothy Lawson.
Sources:
Scramble 280
http://www.t-34.com/aircraft/T-34_serialnumbers.pdf
AFM July 2001, p90/DEC 2004
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 27-Aug-2014 21:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-May-2018 18:28 | IanM | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2019 18:12 | TB | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jul-2021 12:35 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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