McDonnell Douglas RF-4C USAF459

16 May 1975 · Colorado Sprgs, Colorado, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 16 May 1975 at about 13:05 local time, a McDonnell Douglas RF-4C registered USAF459, operated by US Air Force, was involved in an incident during in flight near Colorado Sprgs, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 16 May 1975 at 13:05
Classification: Incident
Location: Colorado Sprgs, Colorado, United States
Nearest airport: Black Forest
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas RF-4C
Registration: USAF459
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: US Air Force
Operating rule: Federal-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight: All Other Public Flying
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Bergstrom Afb, Tx → Peterson Afb, Co
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 5-0012

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

MAJOR JET IFR ARR/DEP ROUTES TO PETERSON FLD LIEADJ TO BLACK FOREST GLIDER PORT.PLT MIL QUALIFIED

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 5-0012, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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