ATAC Hunter F58 N337AX Crash - 20 Jun 2022
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ATAC Hunter F58 N337AX Crash - 20 Jun 2022
FAA statement said he was rescued by the coast guard
A single-engine Hawker crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 40 miles southeast of Wilmington International Airport in North Carolina around 5:15 p.m. local time today. Only the pilot was on board and was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation and will provide additional updates.
After investigators verify the aircraft registration number at the scene, the FAA will release it (usually on the next business day) on this web page. You can look up the aircraft by its registration number on this web page.
A single-engine Hawker crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 40 miles southeast of Wilmington International Airport in North Carolina around 5:15 p.m. local time today. Only the pilot was on board and was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation and will provide additional updates.
After investigators verify the aircraft registration number at the scene, the FAA will release it (usually on the next business day) on this web page. You can look up the aircraft by its registration number on this web page.
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Pleased to see that the pilot survived.
Sorry to hear about the back injury.
Sorry to hear about the back injury.
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May 2012 - Crashed into sea off the coast of California
Oct 2014 - Crashed into sea off the coast of California
Aug 2017 - Crashed into sea off the coast of California
Dec 2018 - Crashed into sea of Sand Island, Honolulu
Last edited by GeeRam; 22nd Jun 2022 at 14:50.
Not really; the Avon 200 series had problems all through its service life. I have vivid memories of watching my wingman eject from a Hunter 9 at Leconfield after his engine quit, from what turned out (much later) to have been a compressor blade fatigue failure.
As a fighter engine, the overhaul life was only 400 hours - only about half the engines reached that, many being pulled early - true, many as a result of FOD problems rather than intrinsic engine faults.
As a fighter engine, the overhaul life was only 400 hours - only about half the engines reached that, many being pulled early - true, many as a result of FOD problems rather than intrinsic engine faults.
Edit to above posted info....
The Hunter loss in 2014 wasn't into the sea, its was on finals back to NAS Point Mugu airfield, and crashed into farmland.
The 2012 loss was similar, crashed on finals to NAS Point Mugu.
Hawker Hunter F58 - Switzerland - Air Force | Aviation Photo #0941332 | Airliners.net
There are a pair based in Japan N321 & N322 been there for a while working the US Navy(?)
seem to do some long transits to activity area over water from a base near Tokyo.
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seem to do some long transits to activity area over water from a base near Tokyo.
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Not really; the Avon 200 series had problems all through its service life. I have vivid memories of watching my wingman eject from a Hunter 9 at Leconfield after his engine quit, from what turned out (much later) to have been a compressor blade fatigue failure.
As a fighter engine, the overhaul life was only 400 hours - only about half the engines reached that, many being pulled early - true, many as a result of FOD problems rather than intrinsic engine faults.
As a fighter engine, the overhaul life was only 400 hours - only about half the engines reached that, many being pulled early - true, many as a result of FOD problems rather than intrinsic engine faults.