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Date: | Saturday 1 August 1959 |
Time: | 09:40 |
Type: | North American F-86H Sabre |
Owner/operator: | California Air National Guard |
Registration: | 53-1293 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Van Nuys Air National Guard Base -
United States of America
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | KVNY |
Destination airport: | KVNY |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative:Aircraft Tail Section experienced control failure. Aircraft into inverted flat spin. Pilot ejected inverted with seat through canopy, as auto-bolts did not separate canopy. Pilot spine severely compressed between seat and canopy. Chute rip-cord did not deploy chute, which was manually deployed by pilot. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture was filming nearby and captured last part of crash showing aircraft in flat spin all the way to ground. Crash site 8 miles N.E. of Taft, CA. and 65 Miles from Vandenberg AFB.
Sources:
Family of Pilot Robert Salmen. Film, (plus unserviceable hardware) Failed Rip cord, Helmet damaged in Crash, damaged pressure suit, medical report of crash, and investigative report of crash from 115th Tac. Ftr. Sqn./146th Tac. Ftr. Wing. copies retained. "No-Go" UR mechanical items were redacted from incident investigation report, which remain redacted as of March 2023.
Images:
Taken by investigators at crash site. Additional information attached as noted in Source field.
Revision history:
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03-May-2021 18:53 |
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