From http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=103106913
William Young Abbott
Birth: 1946
Death: Jul 16, 1992
Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Covina Hills) Covina Los Angeles County California, USA Plot: Vale of Faith, Map 09, Lot 3101, Space 2 |
From http://www.armyaircrews.com/fixed.html (Fixed Wing Vietnam Losses)
16 JUL 92
Crew:
MAJ Michael B. Farmer [P]
DAC William Abbott
DAC Robert D. Robbins
USAATTC
C-23A
#84-0466
A/C from Ft. Rucker was in cruise flight at 5500' AGL, performing an
air-worthiness evaluation. During cruise configuration with gear and flaps up,
crew performed single-engine stalls with critical engine (right side) shut down
and prop feathered. When A/C approached stall speed it snap-rolled right about
115 deg, continued to roll about with right wing in nose-low attitude. At 4000'
AGL, A/C stabilized in a fully inverted position but continued slowly rotating
counterclockwise, impacting ground inverted, nose low, with little fwd airspeed
and was consumed in post-crash fire 4 mi N of Colquitt at approx. 0830 hrs.