Date:	Sunday 26 February 1978
Time:	16:15
Type:	Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
Owner/operator:	Red Baron Flying Services
Registration:	N104RB
MSN:	2051-Hybrid
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Edwards Air Force Base -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Mojave Air and Space Port (KMHV)
Destination airport:	Mojave Air and Space Port (KMHV)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
On 26 February 1978, Darryl Greenamyer made a practice run for an attempt at the world altitude record in an F-104 called the Red Baron. After the practice run, he was unable to get a down and locked light on the left main undercarriage. Following several touch-and-go tests on Edwards Air Force Base 15000 foot runway, he determined that it was not safe to land. He successfully ejected, and N104RB crashed in the desert.

Note: There were two different Starfighters with the same registration, N104RB that has caused some confusion amongst aviation enthusiasts. The first aircraft, named the Red Baron, was a hybrid of parts from many F-104 aircraft assembled by Darryl Greenamyer and Ed Browning in order to reclaim the world altitude record, which had been set by a modified Russian Mig 25. This is the aircraft that crashed 26-Feb-1978. The second Starfighter registered as N104RB is CF-104D, Lockheed 583A-5302, previously operated by the CAF as 104632, the RNoAF as 4632 and is still flying with the Starfighters Inc.

Civil Airworthiness Certification: Former Military High-Performance Aircraft
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=43670&key=0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N104RB_Red_Baron
http://www.i-f-s.nl/civil-f-104s/
https://pacaeropress.websitetoolbox.com/post/darryl-greenamyers-red-baron-f104rb-crash-site-visit-5672498

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Aug-2011 03:56	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ]
18-Feb-2016 17:37	yukonjack	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]