Accident Fairchild Swearingen Merlin III A CF-03,
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Date:Wednesday 16 April 1980
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SW3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Fairchild Swearingen Merlin III A
Owner/operator:Belgische Luchtmacht
Registration: CF-03
MSN: T-262
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Lille-Lesquin (F) -   France
Phase: Landing
Nature:
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
c/n : T262
BAF SERIAL: CF-03
call-sign : BAF53
ex N5375M (testregistration), N500BW

1976-06-00: taken on Charge by the Belgian Air Force as CF-01
1976-06-06: delivered to 15 Wing - 21 Squadron
1980-04-16: at Lille-Lesquin (F) Cat.5, crash on the runway
during a touch-and-go the engine went into "full reverse".
pilot : Kpt-Vl Timmermans Jean-Claude killed, (trainer)
co-pilot: ADC-Vl Lemmens Etienne killed, (instructor)
1980-04-00: date out
0000-00-00: remains scrapped at Vilvoorde
1998-06-24: at EBBE Bevekom dump, parts noted

Sources:

1. https://www.belgian-wings.be/fairchild-swearingen-merlin-iiia-1

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Jun-2023 03:52 Peter Ziegler Added

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