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Old 11th May 2016, 21:17
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For those interested this document is a great review of the T67M260 and the Air Force's Enhanced Flight Screening Program's development: https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/docs/t3bar.pdf

The Air Force tested the T67M200 in August 90 and tested the brand new T67M260 in August 91.

The report mentions some fatal accidents that aren't listed in the ASN database:

1984 UK Aerobatics "Aerial display; insufficient altitude for maneuver"

1985 UK Spin accident resulting in two fatalities from a "failure to recover." The 1986 Cranfield crash is also mentioned so it's not that crash.

1987 Sweden Aerobatics "Low level aerobatics" It lists the Switzerland spin accident so it not that crash.

1989 Japan "Steep turn after takeoff , rolled inverted."

1989 Turkey Simulated Forced Landing "Wing dropped near the ground."

1989 Turkey Formation "On inside of turn after takeoff, hit house."

1990 New Zealand Aerobatics "No information"

Adding these fatal accidents to the ASN T67 database gives a total of 28 fatal T67 accidents.

Anyone have any info on these unlisted fatal accidents?

sapperkenno, I have updated my T-3A webpage but the T67 still has a god awful safety record. Over 10% of the T67 fleet have been destroyed in fatal accidents.

Well, that would hardly seem to be an issue with the aircraft - whatever its design or origin - then.
It doesn't explain the other 25 fatal crashes all over the world. How about the Test Pilot Instructor that "failed to recover" from a spin in Mojave California? You can't write that one off on "some dim-wit that doesn't know how to do a proper spin recovery."
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