Accident Canadair CF-104 Starfighter 12742,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55026
 
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Date:Friday 10 August 1962
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic F104 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Owner/operator:Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
Registration: 12742
MSN: 683A-1042
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RCAF Cold Lake, AB -   Canada
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RCAF Cold Lake, AB
Destination airport:RCAF Cold Lake, AB
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Delivered 1 May 1962. Served at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta with No. 6 (ST/R) Operational Training Unit. Lost on 10 August 1962. Immediately after take off from a touch-and-go landing, flames were seen emanating from the engine tail pipe due to an oil pump failure. The aircraft climbed to 100 feet above the runway with an increasing nose-up attitude. The pilot ejected with a good parachute, but was fatally injured when his parachute disintegrated due to the proximity of the burning aircraft wreckage. F/L J.R. Mulhall was killed. Aircraft formally struck off charge 14 September 1962.

Sources:

http://rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_12700_12750_detailed.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20171106232040/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Canadian_CF-104.htm
http://canadianstarfighterassociation.org/memoriam.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Aug-2011 01:46 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type]
17-Jan-2013 13:58 Dr. John Smith Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
10-May-2013 19:57 Nepa Updated [Operator]
01-Feb-2016 17:26 yukonjack Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Aug-2017 08:27 TB Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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