ATAC Hunter F58 N337AX Crash - 20 Jun 2022
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ATAC Hunter F58 N337AX Crash - 20 Jun 2022
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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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Originally Posted by uxb99
How many Hunters left? This is the second I'm aware of over the last few years.
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Originally Posted by uxb99
How many Hunters left? This is the second I'm aware of over the last few years.
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
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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.
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Originally Posted by effortless
How is this happening? This has got to be one of the most reliable engines ever made.
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.
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Originally Posted by kenparry
Outboards are certainly longer than the 100-gall, could be the 150-gallon developed for the Swiss AF.
Hawker Hunter F58 - Switzerland - Air Force | Aviation Photo #0941332 | Airliners.net
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Originally Posted by kenparry
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.
