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If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can <a href="/wikibase/web_db_edit.php?id=199549">submit corrected information</a>. </div> <div class="languagebar"> <span class="languages" id="noprint"> <div id="fb-root"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script> <div class="fb-share-button" data-layout="button_count" data-mobile-iframe="false"></div> <p /> <a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-dnt="true" data-via="AviationSafety">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p /> </span> </div>   <table> <tr><td class="caption">Date:</td><td class="caption">05-SEP-2017</td></tr> <tr><td class="caption">Time:</td><td class="desc">18:00 LT</td></tr> <tr><td class="caption" valign="bottom">Type:</td><td class="desc"><img src="/graphics/ICAOtype/SU27.gif" width="200" alt="Silhouette image of generic SU27 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different" title="Silhouette image of generic SU27 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different" />    <br /><a href="/wikibase/type/SU27">Sukhoi Su-27UB Flanker-C</a></td></tr> <tr><td class="caption">Owner/operator:</td><td class="desc">US Air Force (USAF) Air Force Materiel Command</td></tr> <tr><td class="caption">Registration:</td><td class="desc"> </td></tr> <tr><td class="caption">MSN:</td><td class="desc"> </td></tr> <tr><td class="caption">Fatalities:</td><td class="desc">Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2</td></tr> <tr><td class="caption">Other fatalities:</td><td class="desc">0</td></tr> <tr><td class="caption">Aircraft damage:</td><td class="desc"> Written off (damaged beyond repair)</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top" class="caption">Location:</td><td class="desc">Nevada Test and Training Range, NV - <img src="/database/country/flags_15/N.gif" />   <a href="/wikibase/dblist.php?Country=N">United States of America</a> </td></tr> <tr><td class="caption">Phase:</td><td class="desc"> Unknown</td></tr> <tr><td class="caption">Nature:</td><td class="desc">Military</td></tr> <tr><td class="caption">Departure airport:</td><td class="desc"></td></tr> <tr><td class="caption"><nobr>Destination airport:</nobr></td><td class="desc"></td></tr> <tr><td class="caption">Confidence Rating:</td><td class="desc"><img src="/wikibase/CR3.svg" width="15" height="15" /> Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources</td></tr> </table> <span class="caption">Narrative:</span><br /><span lang="en-US">Lt. Col. Eric Schultz serving with the Air Force Materiel Command died from injuries sustained in an accident at the Nevada Test and Training Range. Both pilots of the jet had to bail out following a landing gear failure. <br /></span><br /> <p /><div class="captionhr">Sources:</div> <br /> <a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/09/08/airman-dies-another-plane-crash-nevada-training-range.html" target="_blank">https://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/09/08/airman-dies-another-plane-crash-nevada-training-range.html</a> <br /><a href="http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/annapolis/ac-cn-eric-schultz-0910-story.html" target="_blank">http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/annapolis/ac-cn-eric-schultz-0910-story.html</a> <br /><a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/military/air-force-pilot-killed-in-crash-100-miles-northwest-of-nellis-base/" target="_blank">https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/military/air-force-pilot-killed-in-crash-100-miles-northwest-of-nellis-base/</a> <br /> <br /><a href="https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/area-51-test-pilots-mysterious-death-happened-heroically-flying-an-su-27-report" target="_blank">https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/area-51-test-pilots-mysterious-death-happened-heroically-flying-an-su-27-report</a> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/14254/lets-talk-about-the-circulating-reports-and-theories-regarding-what-crashed-near-area-51" target="_blank">http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/14254/lets-talk-about-the-circulating-reports-and-theories-regarding-what-crashed-near-area-51</a> <br /><p /><p />  <br /> <p /> <div class="captionhr">Revision history:</div><p /><table class="updates"><tr><th class="updates">Date/time</th><th class="updates">Contributor</th><th class="updates">Updates</th></tr> <tr><td class="updates_date">09-Sep-2017 07:49</td> <td class="updates">gerard57</td> <td class="updates">Added </td></tr> <tr><td class="updates_date">09-Sep-2017 07:50</td> <td class="updates">harro</td> <td class="updates">Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]</td></tr> <tr><td class="updates_date">09-Sep-2017 09:09</td> <td class="updates">Aerossurance</td> <td class="updates">Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]</td></tr> <tr><td class="updates_date">09-Sep-2017 09:10</td> <td class="updates">Aerossurance</td> <td class="updates">Updated [Source, Narrative]</td></tr> <tr><td class="updates_date">09-Sep-2017 09:11</td> <td class="updates">Aerossurance</td> <td class="updates">Updated [Narrative]</td></tr> <tr><td class="updates_date">09-Sep-2017 14:16</td> <td class="updates">Aerossurance</td> <td class="updates">Updated [Source]</td></tr> <tr><td class="updates_date">17-Sep-2017 05:54</td> <td class="updates">Iceman 29</td> <td class="updates">Updated [Embed code]</td></tr> <tr><td class="updates_date">24-Jun-2018 08:02</td> <td class="updates">Aerossurance</td> <td class="updates">Updated [Source, Embed code]</td></tr> <tr><td class="updates_date">19-May-2022 06:55</td> <td class="updates">Anon.</td> <td class="updates">Updated [Aircraft type, Source]</td></tr> <tr><td class="updates_date">19-May-2022 06:59</td> <td class="updates">harro</td> <td class="updates">Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Narrative]</td></tr> </table><p /> <div class="alertbox"> Corrections or additions? 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