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Like every other major type in long service and operation, accidents and incidents have been recorded that have substantially reduced the numbers flying. The following list is typical of such a record of operational use. The fatalities listed below only include those who were on board Lockheed Constellations.
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed Constellation" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A mid-air collision between a Lockheed C-130 Hercules and a General Dynamics F-16D Fighting Falcon caused a ground crash at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. The F-16 hit and destroyed a Lockheed C-141 Starlifter parked on the tarmac, and flaming wreckage careened into paratroopers preparing for a practice drop, killing 24 and injuring many ...
Two civilians were killed; four civilians injured. Among the dead was a pregnant 24-year-old woman. Her five-year-old daughter survived with burns over half her body. Conlyn, call sign Cougar, stayed with the aircraft until the last possible moment. Conlyn suffered serious injuries but survived. [281] 22 November
The crash of a Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star in the Shadow Mountains in the Mojave Desert, while en route from Perrin Air Force Base, Texas, to George Air Force Base, California, kills two crew just 18 miles (29 km) short of their destination.
The sole Lockheed XP-49, 40-3055, [3] a development of the P-38 Lightning, first flown 11 November 1942, suffers a crash landing at Burbank, California when the port landing gear fails to lock down due to a combined hydraulic and electrical problem. Pilot was Joe C. Towle.
Lockheed has delivered at least 88 F-35s with plans to deliver up to 153 by the end of the year. There are more than 875 F-35s in service, operating from 26 bases in nine countries, according to ...
A flight of four Lockheed F-104G Starfighters of the Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) crash in formation into a field near the village of Ralingen near the border with Luxembourg, ~12 miles S of Bitburg, West Germany, shortly after take-off from Bitburg Air Base, killing all four pilots. The four jets flown by an Italian Air ...