ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 136840
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Date: | Wednesday 17 April 1968 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
Owner/operator: | JBG 32 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 21+73 |
MSN: | 7042 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Königswiesen/Gauting -
Germany
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Cockpit pressure loss above 50,000 feet during supersonic (Mach-2) test flight after engine change; Hptm Ferdinand Eckert was killed.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20171029225354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_Type/GermanF104.htm http://billy.hhvk-luftwaffe.buecher.officelive.com/Starfighterunfaelle.aspx
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Jun-2011 15:11 |
TB |
Added |
01-Jan-2020 18:18 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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