Accident Lockheed F-94B Starfire 50-859, Saturday 9 November 1957
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Date:Saturday 9 November 1957
Time:
Type:Lockheed F-94B Starfire
Owner/operator:U.S. Air Force (USAF)/ NYANG -139 FIS
Registration: 50-859
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Ballston Spa, NY -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:KSCH
Destination airport:KSCH
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
Crashed near Ballston Spa, NY after left gunbay door opened in flight.On approach to runway 22 at KSCh after a gunnery training flight over Lake Ontario . The pilot had no chance of escape as he was below 1000 ft.

Sources:

http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/F-94.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-May-2021 07:53 ASN archive
28-May-2025 12:29 Anon. Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ]

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