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Aircraft Crashes Record Office |
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Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques |
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Accident description |
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Date & Time |
16MAR2004 at 0401LT |
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Type of Aircraft |
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Operator |
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Registration |
N27RA |
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Location |
Tonopah |
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Flight number |
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Schedule |
Groom Lake - Tonopah |
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Construction number |
UB-37 |
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Year of manufacture |
1985 |
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Crew on board |
1 |
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Pax on board |
4 |
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Crew fatalities |
1 |
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Pax fatalities |
4 |
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Other fatalities |
0 |
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Total fatalities |
5 |
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Circumstances |
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The commuter crashed while flying on a routine support mission from a remote classified airstrip located in the Nellis Range to the Tonopah Test Range airport. On descent, the pilot suffered a heart attack. |