ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157245
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| Date: | Monday 3 September 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair F-106A Delta Dart |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 57-2458 |
| MSN: | 8-24-41 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dillon, MT -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
F-106A 57-2458 of the 186 FIS, 120th FIG Montana ANG hits a grain elevator during the Labor Day Parade 1979 in Dillon MT. The Sixes were doing a fly-over for a local parade, the pair started the run too low and didn't realize they were too close, and too low to avoid hitting the grain silo at the end of main street. impact was at 100' AGL. F-106A 57-2458 of the 186 FIS, 120th FIG Montana ANG, Capt. Joel Orren Rude was killed after ejecting from the aircraft. but was outside the parameters of the ejection seat, and was killed, as his chute had no time to deploy.
Sources:
https://www.f-106deltadart.com/piwigo/picture.php?/8961/categories
Media:
F-106A of the 186 FIS ANG hits a grain elevator during the Labor Day Parade 1979 in Dillon MT. The 106 were doing a fly-over for a local parade in main street. Capt. Joel Orren Rude was killed as a result of the accident #aviation #Military #Aircraft #USAF #airforcesalutes pic.twitter.com/gKZz0zXq7r
— The Shadow of the Eagle (@clemente3000) May 13, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2013 17:13 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 26-Jun-2013 18:22 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2020 02:56 | Captain Adam | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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