ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47199
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| Date: | Thursday 20 December 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104A Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | NASA |
| Registration: | 56-0749 |
| MSN: | 183-1037 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Edwards AFB, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Edwards AFB, CA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
In October 1957, NASA acquired two ex-USAF F-104A single seater [56-0734, 56-0749] for use in flight testing; modified as JF-104A for high-altitude center line rocket (balloon) launch tests (with ventrally-mounted Air Launched Sounding Rocket (ALSOR)). The intent of the program was to release a balloon from an air launched rocket at over 1,000,000 feet altitude (approximately 190 miles) and then measure its rate of descent to determine the air density. 56-0749 crashed on December 20 1962. NASA pilot Milton O. Thompson ejected safely at Edwards AFB when plane suffered asymmetric flap condition which resulted in uncommanded roll.
Sources:
http://www.916-starfighter.de/F-104_NASA.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194548/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1962.htm#dec
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1956.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/F-104/E-5071.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Oct-2012 15:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2015 18:08 | TB | Updated [Phase, Embed code, Narrative] |
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