North American F-86E accident near Okinawa, Ja, June 5, 1990
On June 5, 1990 at about 1:00 pm local time, a North American F-86E, registered N93FS, was destroyed in an accident near Okinawa. It was an instructional flight under public-use (government) rules. No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was conditions the NTSB did not record.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 5, 1990 · about 1:00 pm local time
- Place
- Okinawa, Ja
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- conditions the NTSB did not record
- Aircraft
- North American F-86E · all F-86Es on the register
- Registration
- N93FS · registry record · serial 1137
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional flight · public-use (government) rules
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
ON JUNE 5, 1990, AT ABOUT 1300 LOCAL TIME, A CANADAIR F-86E (MK.6), N93FS, OWNED BY TRACTOR FLIGHT SYSTEM, INC OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA AND OPERATED BY THE U.S. AIR FORCE, WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND WAS DESTROYED DURING A PUBLIC USE, INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED AT OKINAWA, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT. REPORTEDLY, THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: unk
The aircraft
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded
- Maximum gross weight: 12,000 lb
- Seats: 1
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Orenda 10 (turbojet); 0 hours total
- Not recorded
- Operator: Dept Of Usaf, Hq 313Th Ad Paf
The flight
- Departed from: RODN
- Destination: RODN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Sky: not recorded; not recorded
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number LAX90TL004.