Incident Overview
After completing an uneventful mission, the crew of an aircraft was returning to Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa. During the approach, the pilot found that the landing gear could not be lowered. Despite several attempts, the undercarriage remained retracted. The crew then decided to leave the area and proceeded over the East China Sea to abandon the aircraft.
Abandonment and Destruction
All crew members successfully bailed out of the aircraft. Following their departure, a Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star pilot shot down the unmanned aircraft, which subsequently crashed into the sea. All occupants of the aircraft were rescued.