Lineage History F-106A 590009

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106A

USAF S/N:

590009

Production Year:

1959

Production C/N No.:

172

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1959-12-01

Delivery Date:

1959-12-28

Ended Service:

1978-02-13

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned:

319th,456th,498th,84th

Units Assigned - ADC:

ADWC

History Lineage:

Dec 1959 - 172nd F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
18 Apr 60 - To 319th FIS Bunker Hill AFB IN
07 Feb 63 - To 456th FIS Castle AFB CA
10 Mar 63 - To 498th FIS, 325th FW, McChord AFB WA
14 Jun 66 - To 498th FIS, 57th FG, Paine Field WA
16 Jul 66 - Nose gear collapsed on landing
14 Dec 66 - To SAMA (Paine Field)
01 Jul 67 - To 498th FIS, 57th FG, Paine Field WA
11 Sep 68 - To 498th FIS Hamilton AB CA
30 Sep 68 - To 84th FIS, 78th FW, Hamilton AFB CA
01 Jan 70 - To 84th FIS, 1st FW, Hamilton AFB CA
01 Oct 70 - To 84th FIS Hamilton AFB CA
29 Aug 73 - To 84th FIS Castle AFB CA
30 Sep 74 - To ADWC Tyndall AFB FL
13 Feb 78 - Crashed into the Gulf of Mexico and was destroyed. Call sign Red 02 took off in a flight on a USAF IWS training sortie. During a rejoin of the 2-aircraft flight following a climb out, the aircraft encountered uncontrollable flight. Pilot safely ejected and was picked up having suffered minimal injures.

Folklore - Some who worked on 59-0009 said she had "Haunted Bay Doors", as in missile bay doors. It has been reported by some that the bay doors tended to open or close on their own. Supposedly the aircraft actually ground aborted three times when being transferred out of Castle AFB. On the fourth try they opened in the middle of the taxi way and the commander ordered the pilot to guts them close and take off.

AMARC Storage PCN ID No.:

QF Drone Conversion:

QF Drone ID No.:

QF Drone Shotdown:

Shotdown By:

QF Drone Lost on Nullo No.:

Deployed to Osan AB Korea:

B-1B Chase Plane:

Crash

Accident Location:

Gulf of Mexico out of Tyndall AFB

Crew Ejected:

Crew Survived:

Crew Killed:

Pilot Front / Pilot Rear:

Capt Timothy J. Desmarais

Pilot Rear:

Accident Report No:

78-2-13-1

Destroyed:

Accident Report:

590009.pdf 170,49 KB

Written-Off:

Survivor:

Static Display Painted As:

Instruments - TAC Conventional:

TAC Conventional: Models produced with Tactical 'Round Eye' instruments.

Instruments - Conventional:

Conventional: Models were originally committed as TEST or BAILMENT aircraft..

Instruments - TEST-to-TACTICAL:

TEST-to-TACTICAL: Models returned to Convair and upgraded from TAC Conventional to Vertical
instruments in 1961. Fuselage cut in half at station 412 (Aft bulkhead missile bay) and a new fuselage, cockpit section,
and nose section was installed with the latest production avionics, the same as the last F-106A 590148 and F-106B 590165.
A total of 35 aircraft (28 "A" models and 7 "B" models) were converted and reassigned to various ADC units..

Instruments - Vertical, 1st Produced:

Vertical, 1st Produced: First 'A' and 'B' models produced with vertical instruments.
Tactical Vertical: Models factory produced w/Tactical Vertical instruments: late 1957 and all 1958, 1959..

F-106 Specifications

Role/Function	Fighter-Interceptor
Manufacturer	Convair Division of General Dynamics
Country	United States
Crew	'A' Model 1, 'B' Model 2
Power plant	Pratt & Whitney J-75-P-17 Turbojet
Thrust	24,500 lbs. in Afterburner
Max Speed	1,525 mph (Mach 2.31) @ 40,000 ft
Service Ceiling	53,000 ft
Wing Span	38 ft. 3½ in.
Length	70 ft 8.78in
Height	20 ft 3.3in
Weight	23,646 lb. empty, 41,831 lb max
Cost USD	$3,305,435 Initial, $4.7M after MODS
Range	2,700 mi. max fuel w/ext tanks
No. Built	340 (277 'A', 63 'B')
Armament	AIR-2A (1) AIM-4 (4) M61A1 (1)
Fire Control System	Hughes MA-1 / IBM Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) System
Ejection Seats
1st Seat	Weber Aircraft Corporation Interim seat, not Zero-Zero, inadequate for supersonic speed ejections.
2nd Seat	Convair/ICESC (Industry Crew Escape System Committee) Supersonic Rotational B-seat, called the supersonic 'Bobsled'.
3rd Seat Final	Weber Aircraft Corporation Zero-Zero ROCAT (Rocket Catapult), Zero-Zero, High-altitude supersonic ejections, retro-fitted to all aircraft.
Mfr. Model #	MK No. 8-24

Instruments - Tactical Vertical:

Last Update:

31-05-2021

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