Date:	Monday 12 May 1980
Time:	c. 15:00
Type:	Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter
Owner/operator:	Belgische Luchtmacht
Registration:	FC05
MSN:	583G-5102
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Neunkirchen-Heinitz -   Germany
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Kleine-Brogel
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
1967-00-00: assembled by SABCA
1967-04-08: taken on charge by the Belgian Air Force
1971-11-09: Cat.2
1974-06-10: Cat.? birdstrike.
pilot: ADC-VL Govaerts Jan OK,
co-pilot: Kpt-Vl Bouret M. OK,
1980-05-12: near Neunkirchen (Germany) 15:00 Hr Cat.5, birdstrike and crashed on a factory
during unautorized low level flight (500 ft)
pilot : Kpt-Vl Peelaers OK with ejection seat, 10 FBW - 31 ‘Tiger’ Squadron
co-pilot: Olt-Vl Goosens 'Smirnoff' Michel OK with ejection seat, 10 FBW - 31 ‘Tiger’ Squadron
3 female civilians (22-26) killed on the ground
1981-03-00: Written off

ANP
Serious birdstrike-related accidents to military aircraft of Europe and Israel: list and analysis of circumstances / W. John Richardson (Published in International 8ird Strike Committee Proceedings
and Papers 23)
- http://gsb.download.bva.bund.de/BBK/Magazin/BBK_Bevoelkerungsschutz198010.pdf
Hamburger Abendblatt 13 May 1980
https://www.belgian-wings.be/lockheed-tf-104g-starfighter

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Nov-2008 10:35	ASN archive	Added
07-Nov-2008 12:04	harro	Updated
17-Jul-2010 11:49	harro	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
12-Jun-2013 10:32	Uli Elch	Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
08-Mar-2018 20:42	TB	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Apr-2023 05:20	Peter Ziegler	Updated [[Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]]