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Date: | Tuesday 1 June 1982 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
Owner/operator: | JBG 32 Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 21+93 |
MSN: | 7062 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Decimomannu AB -
Italy
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Decimomannu AB |
Destination airport: | Decimomannu AB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Emergency landing after heavy (engine) vibrations on night low-level; touched down with a hight sink rate; the left main landing gear broke away; departed the runway and caught fire; OLt Kurt Esch ejected over the runway and was unhurt.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20171029225354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_Type/GermanF104.htm http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/2193.htm
http://www.decimomannuairbase.com/Accident%20database/germany/f104-1-6-82_grande.htm
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Jun-2011 04:15 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
07-Jun-2011 08:21 |
TB |
Updated [Source] |
04-Jan-2020 19:06 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |