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Date: | Tuesday 19 July 1960 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed F-104C-5-LO Starfighter |
Owner/operator: | 436th TFSqn /479th TFWg USAF |
Registration: | 56-0906 |
MSN: | 183-1194 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 24 NM SE of China Lake -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | George AFB, CA? |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Engine problems, with open nozzle, during range session. Pilot told to attempt an emergency landing in a dry lake bed. Pilot Capt John Houston killed.
Sources:
1.
http://www.916-starfighter.de/F-104_Lockheed_serials_.pdf 2.
http://www.i-f-s.nl/accidents-incidents-1960/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Nov-2008 10:35 |
ASN archive |
Added |
04-Oct-2014 18:20 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
08-Feb-2021 09:13 |
HB |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Operator] |
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