F-4E Phantom II Crash Site

February 12th 2020





Summery :

 The McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II is an US Air Force version of all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed for the US Navy.

This F-4E (#68-0512) was belonged to 196th Tactical Fighter Squadron California Air National Guard at March AFB.

On June 13, 1990, this F-4E(#68-0512) piloted by Major Robert M. McGann with navigator Captain Thomas M. Steed was on a flight out of March AFB, California.
The F-4E was number two in the flight support of an RF-4C transition sortie.
It crashed into the ground while practicing an attacking on the RF-4C which was in a hard turn low altitude defensive maneuver.
Both crewman were killed in the accident.

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Since it crashed on dry wash near the road, most of the crashed parts were removed and washed out.
Yet, there are hundreds of small (finger size) deblis were found on the ground spreading over 2-300 yards from impact site.
I brought metal detector and coulf found couuple of larger pieces (about a foot long) from the underground near impact site.


    
Description



Manufacturer:
McDonnell Douglas
Base model:
F-4
Version:
E
Nickname:
Phantom II
Designation System:
U.S. Air Force
Designation Period:
1960-Present
Basic role:
Fighter-Bomber
Serial Number:
68-0512
Year built:
1968
Crash Date:
1960/6/13
Fatalities:
2




Specifications



Length:
62' 10" 18.9 m
Height:
16' 6" 5.0 m
Wingspan:
38' 5" 11.7 m
Wingarea:
530.0 sq ft 49.2 sq m
Empty Weight:
28,276 lb 12,823 kg
Gross Weight:
50,341 lb 22,830 kg





Propulsion



No. of Engines:
2
Powerplant:
General Electric J79-GE-15
Thrust (each):
10,900 lb





Performance



Cruise Speed:
587 mph 945 km/h 510 kt
Max Speed:
1,459 mph 2,349 km/h 1,269 kt
Ceiling:
59,400 ft 18,104 m


    
Other F-4 Link :
 Wikipedia Link : McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
    



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