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CT-33 SILVER STAR/RCAF21118

Serial #:RCAF21118
Construction #: 118
Civil Registration:
  N99192
   Model:
  CT-33 Mk. 3
Name: None
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 2003
History:
Flight Systems, Inc, Mojave, CA, February 1977-1988.
T-Bird Aviation, Mojave, CA, March 1989-1992.
Blossom Company, Wilmington, DE, April 04, 1995-2003.
- Crashed and destroyed, Santa Clarita, CA Nov. 2, 2003.
NTSB Identification: LAX04LA034
Accident occurred Sunday, November 02, 2003 in Santa Clarita, CA
Aircraft: Canadair T33, registration: N99192
Injuries: 1 Fatal.

On November 2, 2003, about 1555 Pacific standard time, an experimental Canadair T33, N99192, collided with terrain near Santa Clarita, California. The pilot/owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, sustained fatal injuries; the airplane was destroyed. The personal local flight departed Van Nuys, California, at 1547. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The primary wreckage was at 34 degrees 22 minutes north latitude and 118 degrees 30 minutes west longitude.

Witnesses observed the airplane proceed in a northerly direction, and then do a 180-degree turn. At the end of the turn, the airplane continued to roll to the left until the nose was pointing straight toward the ground. It maintained this vertical attitude until ground impact. Most of the witnesses said the loud whine of the engine drew their attention to the airplane. They all said the airplane was within several hundred feet of the ground. The engine was loud until impact. Other witnesses thought the engine sounded erratic for a short while, and then it sounded like it was operating again prior to the roll to vertical

Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
NTSB, www.ntsb.gov
 Photo Source(s):
Brian Lockett - Goleta Air & Space Museum, http://www.air-and-space.com/home.htm, 2003.
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