ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56119
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| Date: | Thursday 8 June 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild-Republic YA-10A Thunderbolt II |
| Owner/operator: | Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) |
| Registration: | 73-1669 |
| MSN: | A10-0006 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Gunnery Ranges, 17 miles from Edwards AFB, California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Edwards AFB, California (EDW/KEDW) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
73-1669 was the sixth and final YA-10A pre-production aircraft. Written off when crashed 8 June 1978: During ammunition certification tests by the Joint Test Force, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, California, Major (later Major General) Francis C. "Rusty" Gideon Jr. in Fairchild-Republic YA-10 Thunderbolt II, 73-1669, c/n A10-0006, call sign Paco 40, makes fourth firing pass of five, 100 rounds per pass, but experiences secondary gun gas ignition in front of the GAU-8 muzzle, causing oxygen starvation of engines necessitating emergency shut-down.
Before he can relight the cooling engines, he runs out of altitude and ejects in Escapac ejection seat at 2,000 feet AGL, suffering severe injuries including a broken neck. Aircraft impacts on desert floor, 17 miles from Edwards AFB, and the whole sequence was filmed from the Northrop T-38 Talon chase plane. The pilot was treated at a Lancaster, California hospital, and returned to the A-10 cockpit six months later
Sources:
1. http://www.scramble.nl (Scramble 256)
2. http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/A-10/Gideon/Gideon_A_10.htm
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1973.html
4. http://warthogaircraftdatabase.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/fy-1973-pre-production-aircraft.html
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-May-2013 20:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2013 21:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2014 01:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2015 07:10 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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