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Military plane crashes near Laguna Shores
Corpus Christi Caller ^
| 1/27/06
| Beth Wilson
Posted on 01/27/2006 6:12:05 PM PST by SouthTexas
Military plane crashes near Laguna Shores
By Beth Wilson/Caller-Times January 27, 2006
A U.S. Navy trainer plane with an instructor pilot and student pilot from Naval Air Station Corpus Christi crashed about three miles south of the base near Laguna Shores Road at about 9:42 a.m. today killing both occupants, a spokesman for the Navy said.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crash; navy; planecrash; trainer; vt27
A T-34C, single-engine Naval Turbo Mentor trainer plane did a belly landing in the same area, near the mud bridge over Oso Creek on Jan. 12. The Navy also has not released a report on the cause of that incident. The Navy uses Waldron Field as a practice field.
To: SouthTexas
Prayers for their families.
Darn.
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posted on
01/27/2006 6:13:37 PM PST
by
eyespysomething
(For you to insult me, I must first value your opinion.)
To: SouthTexas
If it's the area I'm thinking of the mud flats are used to practice emergency landings known as High and Low Altitude Power Losses.
I went through Primary at Whiting Field in Florida, but I my friends who went through Corpus talked about it.
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posted on
01/27/2006 6:19:13 PM PST
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: eyespysomething
In the first crash, both pilot and instructor walked away. Not so this time.
Prayers up.
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posted on
01/27/2006 6:21:21 PM PST
by
SouthTexas
(2006 will be a very good year.)
To: USNBandit
Eye witness (resident) reports that the engine didn't sound right, others said there may have been wing problems.
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posted on
01/27/2006 6:27:05 PM PST
by
SouthTexas
(2006 will be a very good year.)
To: SouthTexas
While the number of T-34C mishaps is relatively low it will be nice when it is replaced by the T-6. The T-6 has a pretty nice ejection seat which might save some lives. I would rather jump than crash land anyday.
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posted on
01/27/2006 6:49:39 PM PST
by
USNBandit
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To: USNBandit
With as many flights as they have everyday over Corpus, both at Waldron and Cabiniss, it's really a wonder there are not more. Two this close together is definitely out of the ordinary.
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posted on
01/27/2006 6:54:14 PM PST
by
SouthTexas
(2006 will be a very good year.)
To: SouthTexas
Shoot. Prayers for the families. What sad news.
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posted on
01/27/2006 6:56:20 PM PST
by
Diva Betsy Ross
(Embrace peace- Hug an American soldier- the real peace keepers.)
To: SouthTexas
The T-34 is a pretty nice little plane besides being old. It uses a very reliable, respected, and well known engine, a variant of the PT-6. While being relatively high performance it has good characteristics for forced landings, stall speeds, and benign out of control tendencies.
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posted on
01/27/2006 7:05:38 PM PST
by
USNBandit
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To: USNBandit
The belly landing in the creek showed it was pretty tough too. Only looked like the prop was damaged.
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posted on
01/27/2006 7:12:58 PM PST
by
SouthTexas
(2006 will be a very good year.)
To: SouthTexas
That mishap got posted as a Class A so I think it must have damaged more than the prop. Hard to tell. Sometimes they get downgraded, but I remember just the reduction gear from the engine to the prop was pretty expensive back in the early 90's.
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posted on
01/27/2006 7:21:33 PM PST
by
USNBandit
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To: USNBandit
I'm sure it damaged more, that was just what you could see from the pictures. Probably wasn't too cheap getting it out of the mud, but they had it out the same day.
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posted on
01/27/2006 7:23:58 PM PST
by
SouthTexas
(2006 will be a very good year.)
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