ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57804
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 April 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-4E-62-MC Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | 23rd TFSqn USAF |
| Registration: | 74-1641 |
| MSN: | 4884 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Spangdahlem AFB -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Spangdahlem AFB | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
74-1641 was badly damaged and written off when undershot runway while landing with F-4 72-0139 April 9, 1985. 74-1641 was in the 23rd TFS at the time and was damaged after crashing on the runway during a botched formation wing landing in marginal weather (pretty standard conditions for Spangdahlem AB).
Story was that the back-seater initiated an ejection and went, but the nose gear support oleo collapsed up under the front seat and disabled the front ejection seat's rocket motor. The drogue chute, however, came out as advertised and dragged the pilot out by his shoulder straps, who then found himself bouncing down the grass on the side of the runway at 150 mph or so. He apparently lived to tell the story!
I was the backs eater in this mishap. I did not initiate ejection, I never pulled the handle. The nose gear did push the front seat up the rails and because the ejection handle was rotated, the Martin Baker system ejected me because the system thought the front seat had initiated ejection. I got a full chute and impacted the ground after two or three swings in the chute.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1974.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F4sForever/message/17109
http://thephantomshrine.co.uk/Databases/f4-serials.txt
lhttp://web.archive.org/web/20171109204930/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-4_PHANTOM_USA/f4_phantom_US_1982.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Feb-2013 18:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2021 17:57 | Pong | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-Sep-2021 11:25 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, Photo] |
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