- Date
- February 26, 1978
- Place
- Mojave, CA · MOJAVE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N104RBLockheed F-104
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780226003229A
- Case key
- 143784
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0210 78/2/26 MOJAVE,CA LOCKHEED F-104 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 4520 TIME - 1615 N104RB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 339 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOJAVE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LFT GEAR FAILED TO LOCK DWN FOR UNKNOWN REASON. PILOT ELECTED TO EJECT.ACFT DESTROYED.ENG J-79.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N104RB
- Reported as
- Lockheed F-104
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
N104RBRegistration cancelled May 20, 1997 · Lockheed-Darryl G. Greenamyer F-104Airframe modelLockheed-Darryl G. Greenamyer F-104
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.