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Crash of a Beechcraft U-21D Ute at Yakima-Vagabond AAF

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1991
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
67-18121
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Yakima - Yakima
MSN:
LM-117
YOM:
1967
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training mission at Yakima-Vagabond AAF. On final approach, the crew shut down the left engine to simulate a failure when the aircraft rolled to the left, lost height and crashed about 500 yards short of runway threshold. Both pilots were injured.