ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47293
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| Date: | Monday 2 November 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 55-2964 |
| MSN: | 183-1010 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 8 mi S of Wright-Patterson AFB, OH -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
This YF-104A was written off after an accident at Wright Patterson, Ohio. Approximately 90 seconds after t/o, coming out of A/B, pilot heard and felt a moderate explosion. Pilot, maj. James W. Bradbury (34), declared emergency believing he encountered an engine flame-out. Pilot determined immediately that he could not make it back to either Wright or Patterson Field and ejection would be over populated areas. He notified tower he would point the a/c towards an open field SE and eject. Over relatively open country and losing altitude (keeping in mind the downward ejection seat), the pilot ejected. Chute opened at 500 ft and pilot was safe. Pilot observed the a/c make a slight turn left where it struck the ground at a shallow angle and hit a car on a road and then hit a house. Inside this house two small children, lynn Shoup 12 and laura Shoup 2, were trapped in the wreckage and killed. Their mother, Grace Shoup (37), ran burning from the house and died 6 days later from her burns. It was a very tragic accident.
Sources:
http://www.i-f-s.nl/cn/183-1010.htm
Toledo Blade 2 November 1959, p8
Youngstown Vindicator 7 November 1959, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Jun-2009 11:29 | darelray | Updated |
| 26-Dec-2010 07:00 | 757 | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Source] |
| 03-Oct-2014 14:36 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2017 20:32 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2017 14:28 | TB | Updated [Source] |
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