ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219772
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Date: | Tuesday 22 April 1969 |
Time: | |
Type: | McDonnell RF-101G Voodoo |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | 54-1459 |
MSN: | 73 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Itazuke AB, Hakata Stn, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka (FUK/RJFF) -
Japan
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Itazuke AB, Fukuoka (FUK/RJFF) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The pilot of RF-101G, 54-1459, from 165th TRS of the 123rd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Kentucky Air National Guard, was lucky to escape his Voodoo when it burst into flames on take-off at Itazuke AB, Japan. The aircraft settled down on to its external fuel tanks which burst into flames. Fortunately, the external tanks were shorn off by the arresting barrier which helped minimize the flames as the aircraft came to a stop. Pilot, Captain William Seiber, suffered only a sprained back when he ground egressed from his burning aircraft.
Sources:
British Pathe
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVABT35E8TY3ILNIR8T0LCO1DHGC-JAPAN-UNITED-STATES-JET-FIGHTER-CRASH/query/Crash https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RF-101H_Kentucky_ANG_crash_at_Itazuke_AB_c1968.jpg https://kynghistory.ky.gov/Our-History/History-of-the-Guard/Documents/KyANGPueblo40thBk.pdf (Pg 24/61)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Dec-2018 17:17 |
Cobar |
Added |
03-Nov-2020 17:41 |
Cosmo |
Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
11-Feb-2021 11:53 |
Paco |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
09-Jun-2021 06:16 |
Cosmo |
Updated [Operator] |
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