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| Date: | Friday 20 October 1944 |
| Time: | 17:10 |
| Type: |  Lockheed YP-80A Shooting Star |
| Owner/operator: | Lockheed Aircraft |
| Registration: | 44-83025 |
| MSN: | 080-1004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | One mile north of Burbank Airport, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Burbank |
44-83025 was the third prototype YP-80A.
The aircraft crashed owing to a flame out at low altitude as the result of the failure of the main fuel pump.
The pilot, Lockheed Chief Engineering Test Pilot Milo Burcham, had not been told that an emergency back up pump had been installed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Wikipedia
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Mar-2011 20:05 | angels one five | Added |
| 09-Mar-2011 20:29 | angels one five | Updated [Date, ] |
| 10-Mar-2011 01:03 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Sep-2011 07:34 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 17-Sep-2013 01:07 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
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