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| Date: | Friday 21 October 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104A-10-LO Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | 6512th Test Gp AFFTC USAF |
| Registration: | 56-0751 |
| MSN: | 183-1039 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Edwards bombing range -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Edwards AFB |
Landing gear failure, not resolved pulling manual release handle. The pilot, Capt Robert A. Rushworth send to Edwards range the aircraft and ejected safely
Sources:
http://www.916-starfighter.de/F-104_Lockheed_serials_.pdf
US CRASHES Jan van Waarde 1950 2002
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Oct-2014 12:45 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Oct-2014 12:46 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Oct-2014 09:51 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Source, ] |
| 20-Mar-2015 21:58 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, ] |
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