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title: "Two sailors die after Navy plane crashes in Alabama"
description: "“The aircrew did not survive the crash,” wrote U.S. Naval Air Forces. “We are not aware of any civilian casualties.\""
date: "2020-10-24"
modified: "2020-10-24"
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# Two sailors die after Navy plane crashes in Alabama

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*CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (June 03, 2019) - Two T-6B Texan II aircraft prepare to land at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi after completing a formation flight. Formation flights are one of four main segments of the Naval Primary Flight Training syllabus.*

Two sailors died Friday when the trainer aircraft they were flying crashed in Magnolia Springs, Alabama.

While the cause of the crash is still under investigation, Navy officials say the sailors were flying in a T-6B Texan II when their plane came down at about 5:00 p.m. central time.

“The aircrew did not survive the crash,” wrote [U.S. Naval Air Forces](<https://www.facebook.com/FlyNavy/posts/10157711857083733>) on Facebook. “We are not aware of any civilian casualties \[at\] this time.”

The plane crashed in a suburban neighborhood, according to local news reports. The plane managed to avoid crashing into any houses, though one caught fire and was heavily damaged in the incident. Local news station [NBC 15](<https://mynbc15.com/news/local/multiple-fire-departments-respond-to-report-of-airplane-crash-near-foley>) reported that the aircraft was flown out of Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Florida.

An all-purpose turboprop trainer, The T-6B Texan II was one of 245 at NAS Whiting Field and NAS Corpus Christi, where Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard pilots learn their trade, according to the [Navy](<https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2166435/t-6b-texan-ii-turboprop-trainer/>).

NBC 15 reported that Navy trainers very frequently fly over Magnolia Springs, a small town just east of Foley, Alabama.

## Author
David Roza writes scripts about military news for the Task & Purpose YouTube channel, and he also writes articles about military pay, benefits, health care, child care, culture, and other personnel topics on a freelance basis.

Roza previously covered the Air Force and Space Force for Task & Purpose from 2019 to 2023 and for Air & Space Forces Magazine from 2023 to 2025. In the course of that reporting, he has set off a ‘Hollywood explosion’ with Air Force bomb techs, turned the (unarmed) keys of a nuclear missile bunker, hovered over the Nevada desert on an Air Force rescue helicopter, and got the best sleep of his life on the floor of a C-17 over the central Pacific.

Share tips and story ideas with David at [david.roza@teamrecurrent.io](<mailto:david.roza@teamrecurrent.io>)