ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139976
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| Date: | Monday 21 September 1959 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas YF-4H-1 Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft |
| Registration: | 142259 |
| MSN: | 1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Edwards AFB, Kern County, California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Edwards AFB, California (EDW/KEDW) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Bu No 142259 was the YF-4H-1 Phantom II prototype. Crashed near Edwards AFB, Kern County, California, due to failure of the aft access door of the right engine during the 296th flight in its flight test program.
Test pilot Gerald "Zeke" Huelsbeck initiated seat ejection sequence but was killed when he ejected too low for 'chute to deploy
Sources:
1. https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/bu-no-142259/
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries17.html
3. https://thetartanterror.blogspot.com/2012/06/gerald-zeke-huelsbeck-19xx-1959.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20120818194631/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/US_Phantoms_01.htm
Media:
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation test pilot Gerald (“Zeke”) Huelsbeck:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2011 21:41 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Feb-2013 18:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2013 09:08 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 30-Dec-2021 13:30 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 15-Jun-2022 22:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
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