Accidents and Incidents
- On January 24, 1964, an USAF T-39 Sabreliner flying from West Germany on a training mission crossed into East German airspace and was shot down by a Soviet MiG-19 near Vogelsberg, killing all 3 aboard.
- On April 1, 1977, a U.S. Navy T-39D (BuNo 150545, C/N 277-4) conducting low-level flight training crashed in the Laguna Mountains 8 miles east-southeast of Julian, California killing all 5 aboard.
- On April 20, 1985, a U.S. Air Force CT-39A (S/N 62-4496) experienced brake failure on landing at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport, killing all 5 people aboard, including General Jerome F. O'Malley, Commander, Tactical Air Command.
- On December 10, 1992, an Ecuadorian Air Force Sabreliner clipped a building and crashed in a residential area of Quito, killing all 10 people on board (including the commander of the Ecuadorian Army), and another 3 people on the ground.
- On May 2002, two T-39 from VT-86 in Pensacola, Florida collided mid-air, 40 miles off the Gulf Coast and killed all 7 on board.
- On January 13, 2006, a U.S. Navy Sabreliner conducting low-level flight training crashed in a densely forested area in rural Georgia, killing all 4 crew members.
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