ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 122966
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| Date: | Friday 3 August 1979 |
| Time: | c. 13:00 |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | MFG1 Marineflieger |
| Registration: | 22+25 |
| MSN: | 7100 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Yeovilton (YEO/EGDY) |
| RNAS Yeovilton | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
I was a big F-104 fan and saw the whole thing: contrary to other narrative, the aircraft was on a low approach and as it neared the runway threshold its nose raised abruptly and it ended up on its back. I didn't see any ejection. It came down in a field between Speckington and the village of Queen Camel; we drove past the scene as we went home; it was a tragic end to what should have been a happy day. I visited the scene maybe a month later and picked up a small piece of grey-painted wreckage, which I still have. It didn't fall out of the clouds: it was visible all the way on its final circuit to the point when it crashed.
Sources:
personal witness statement.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jun-2011 13:03 | TB | Added |
| 13-Jun-2011 00:32 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2011 07:27 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Jun-2013 03:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 18-Jun-2015 06:14 | seasaltchap | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2015 11:12 | Badger | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2015 18:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 29-Oct-2019 14:08 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator] |
| 30-Oct-2019 20:30 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2020 13:11 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Jan-2020 08:35 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 05-Feb-2020 19:41 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2022 17:42 | lucullus | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2024 18:20 | Sabrejet | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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