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Two people are dead after a US Navy (USN) Beechcraft T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft crashed on 23 October, according to a service statement.
The USN identified the deceased as Lieutenant Rhiannon Ross, 30, from Wixom, Michigan, and US Coast Guard (USCG) Ensign Morgan Garrett, 24, from Weddington, North Carolina.
A US Navy Beechcraft T-6B Texan II pictured on 3 October 2019. Two died on 23 October 2020 when a T-6B crashed in Alabama on a training mission. (US Navy)
The T-6B crashed in a residential area of Foley, Alabama at about 6 pm EDT on 23 October. The USN said no civilians were injured as a result of the crash.
Lt Ross, an instructor pilot, and Ensign Garrett, a student aviator, took off from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field in Florida, on a routine training flight, the service said.
USN spokesperson Lieutenant Michell Tucker said on 26 October that the T-6B was assigned to Training Air Wing Five (TW-5), which has six squadrons, including three primary flight training squadrons (VT-2, VT-3, and VT-6). The USN, in the same wing, has three helicopter training squadrons; HT-8, HT-18, and HT-28; which Lt Tucker said are the only rotary wing training squadrons for undergraduate pilot training.
Ensign Garrett, Lt Tucker said, was assigned to VT-2 at NAS Whiting Field. The USN trains all USCG undergraduate student pilots.
The USN identified the deceased as Lieutenant Rhiannon Ross, 30, from Wixom, Michigan, and US Coast Guard (USCG) Ensign Morgan Garrett, 24, from Weddington, North Carolina.
A US Navy Beechcraft T-6B Texan II pictured on 3 October 2019. Two died on 23 October 2020 when a T-6B crashed in Alabama on a training mission. (US Navy)
The T-6B crashed in a residential area of Foley, Alabama at about 6 pm EDT on 23 October. The USN said no civilians were injured as a result of the crash.
Lt Ross, an instructor pilot, and Ensign Garrett, a student aviator, took off from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field in Florida, on a routine training flight, the service said.
USN spokesperson Lieutenant Michell Tucker said on 26 October that the T-6B was assigned to Training Air Wing Five (TW-5), which has six squadrons, including three primary flight training squadrons (VT-2, VT-3, and VT-6). The USN, in the same wing, has three helicopter training squadrons; HT-8, HT-18, and HT-28; which Lt Tucker said are the only rotary wing training squadrons for undergraduate pilot training.
Ensign Garrett, Lt Tucker said, was assigned to VT-2 at NAS Whiting Field. The USN trains all USCG undergraduate student pilots.
Two dead in US Navy Texan II crash
Two people are dead after a US Navy (USN) Beechcraft T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft crashed on 23 October, according to a service statement.
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