Accident Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor 161844,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76779
 
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Date:Monday 21 May 2001
Time:16:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic T34T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft T-34C Turbo Mentor
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: 161844
MSN: GL-239
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
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
Destination airport:NAS Leemore, CA
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
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/timeContributorUpdates
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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