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Oops - it wasn't N20RA that crashed then.......it's still filing plans Aircraft ID N20RA Aircraft Type BEECH 1900 Owner/Operator DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE PO BOX 1504 LAYTON UTAH Serial Number UB-42 Year Manufactured 1985 Certificate Issued 07/28/1988 Airport most visited: LAS MC CARRAN INTL, NV See a list of all based aircraft at LAS Flight Plan Received 2004-03-26 20:40:08 from Los Angeles Departure PMD PALMDALE PRODN FLT/TEST INSTLN AF PLANT 42, PALMDALE CA Destination LAS MC CARRAN INTL, LAS VEGAS NV Status Planned Planned Alt 19000 Feet Planned Speed 260 kts. Planned Dep 2004-03-27 00:30 Actual Dep Planned Arrival 2004-03-27 01:20 Route PMD..DAG.CRESO3.LAS/0050 Previous Flights OXR - LAS 2004-03-15 21:26 PMD - OXR 2004-03-15 18:36 PMD - NSI 2004-03-12 20:46 NSI - LAS 2004-03-12 22:30 OXR - EDW 2004-03-11 15:07

Hmmm - N105TB filed a plan to Pt Mugu then it was cancelled and this appeared instead! Aircraft ID N105TB Aircraft Type GRUMMAN G-1159 Owner/Operator AIR FORCE MATERIAL COMMAND ESC/DIKL 5 EGLIN ST BLDG 1624 BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS Serial Number 31 Year Manufactured 1968 Certificate Issued 05/10/1993 Flight Plan Received 2004-03-26 21:36:32 from Los Angeles Departure TNX TONOPAH TEST RANGE, TONOPAH NV Destination PMD PALMDALE PRODN FLT/TEST INSTLN AF PLANT 42, PALMDALE CA Status Landed Planned Alt 16000 Feet Planned Speed 400 kts. Planned Dep 2004-03-26 21:45 Actual Dep 2004-03-26 21:48 Planned Arrival 2004-03-26 22:55 Estimated Arrival Actual Arrival 2004-03-26 22:32 Latest Speed 61 kts. Latest Altitude 2700 Feet Distance to Dest. Last Update 2004-03-26 22:34 Route TNX..BTY060030..MCY..CLARR.V394.DAG..PMD/0110

Accident Description Status: Preliminary [legenda] Date: 16 MAR 2004 Time: ca 05:00 Type: Beechcraft C-12J Operator: United States Air Force - USAF Registration: ? Msn / C/n: Year built: Crew: 1 fatalities / 1 on board Passengers: 4 fatalities / 4 on board Total: 5 fatalities / 5 on board Airplane damage: Written off Location: 125mls NW of Las Vegas, NV (USA) Phase: Nature: Military Departure airport: Destination airport: Tonopah-Test Range Airport, NV (XSD) Remarks: The Air Force Materiel Command Beech 1900 crashed while on a routine support mission from a remote classified airstrip on the Nellis range to the Tonopah Test Range.

Previous Arrivals/Departures Flight# Type Dep Time Arr Time Date N20RA B190 PMD 18:21 OXR 18:36 03-15-2004 N20RA B190 OXR 20:17 LAS 21:26 03-15-2004 BLOCKED G TNX 21:25 NTD 22:10 03-15-2004 N178B I TUL 21:40 RVS 04:11 03-20-2004 N661BA BE20 PMD 01:28 OXR 01:44 03-20-2004 N661BA BE20 OXR 02:00 LAS 03:06 03-20-2004 N661BA BE20 TNX 19:27 NSI 20:50 03-22-2004 N661BA BE20 OXR 21:15 LAS 21:44 03-22-2004 N178B W RVS 23:08 RVS 03:49 03-24-2004 N662BA BE20 PMD 01:03 LAS 01:47 03-24-2004 N661BA BE20 PMD 01:21 LAS 02:05 03-25-2004 N178B GLF3 RVS 14:14 SDL 16:34 03-25-2004 BLOCKED G NTD 18:12 DRA 18:57 03-25-2004

Here's the next update - N105TB apparently 'landed' at DRA while at 15000ft!! N105TB_25Mar04_5.doc

Having reached DRA N105TB takes a right turn; this is the last plot before it changes to Military radar. N105TB_25Mar-04_4.doc

N105TB-Mar25_3.doc

N27RA not heard of since 5-Mar-04 Aircraft ID N27RA Aircraft Type BEECH 1900C Owner/Operator DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE PO BOX 1504 LAYTON UTAH Serial Number UB-37 Year Manufactured 1985 Certificate Issued 07/28/1988 Airport most visited: LAS MC CARRAN INTL, NV See a list of all based aircraft at LAS Flight Plan Received 2004-03-05 17:11:56 from Los Angeles Departure NSI SAN NICOLAS ISLAND NOLF, SAN NICOLAS ISLAND CA Destination LAS MC CARRAN INTL, LAS VEGAS NV Status Landed Planned Alt 19000 Feet Planned Speed 260 kts. Planned Dep 2004-03-05 19:00 Actual Dep 2004-03-05 20:29 Planned Arrival 2004-03-05 20:30 Estimated Arrival 2004-03-05 21:59 Actual Arrival 2004-03-05 21:43 Latest Speed 159 kts. Latest Altitude 10000 Feet Distance to Dest. Last Update 2004-03-05 21:41 Route NSI..VTU.V299.FIM.V386.PMD..DAG.CRESO3.LAS/0130 Previous Flights PMD - NSI 2004-03-05 18:42 NSI - LAS 2004-03-01 21:12 TKM

Meanwhile N105TB has vinished its vacation by the sea at Point Mugu and is on its way home to Groom Lake N105TB_25Mar-04_2.ppt

Actually neither of the BE1900s has been reported since the date of the crash. Will put the history of N27RA on here in a sec

Here is the history for N20RA_15Mar04.doc This was the last filed flight plan on the day before the crash (Monday). It shows it went from Oxnard to (by the track shown here) Groom Lake as it stopped tracking in the usual area NE of Indian Springs where it changes SSR code and changes freq to Military radar.

Hi Paul & all, a little more detail has appeared on the wires over the past few hours, courtesy of AP: Five people died Tuesday morning when an Air Force plane crashed in the Nevada desert about 125 miles northwest of Nellis Air Force Base, military officials said. The Beechcraft KA 1900 went down about 5 a.m. in an unpopulated area of the Nevada Test and Training Range, killing four contractors and the Air Force civilian pilot, Staff Sgt. Shane Sharp said. The Air Force did not release their identities. There were no survivors. Sharp said the plane was on a routine mission, ferrying the four contractors to the Tonopah Test Range. The cause of the crash is unknown and remains under investigation. Best regards Steve Rush ~ Touchdown-News On Wednesday, Mar 17, 2004, at 14:30 Europe/London, Paul Geary wrote: > The excellent Dreamlandresort site are reporting that a Beechcraft > KA1900 en route to Tonapah Test range crashed on the Nellis Ranges

N105TB 15_Mar_2004.doc

Hurrah! N105TB is flying again. It's been at Groom Lake so long that I thought they may have pranged it! And it's not going to Bedford for a change; perhaps this movement explains some of the recent IVJ Learjet movements from NZJ (or was it Pt Mugu)....anyhow Aircraft ID N105TB Aircraft Type GRUMMAN G-1159 Owner/Operator AIR FORCE MATERIAL COMMAND ESC/DIKL 5 EGLIN ST BLDG 1624 BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS Serial Number 31 Year Manufactured 1968 Certificate Issued 05/10/1993 Flight Plan Received 2004-03-15 18:16:43 from Los Angeles Departure TNX TONOPAH TEST RANGE, TONOPAH NV Destination NTD POINT MUGU NAS (NAVAL BASES VENTURA CNTY), POINT MUGU CA Status Planned Planned Alt 16000 Feet Planned Speed 400 kts. Planned Dep 2004-03-15 20:00 Actual Dep Planned Arrival 2004-03-15 21:00 Route TNX..BTY..FLM..NTD/0100