ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46335
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 December 1999 |
| Time: | 11:54 |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | 315 Sqn Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | J-059 |
| MSN: | 6D-142 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hoeven, Halderberge, Noord-Brabant, -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twenthe AB, Netherlands (ENS/EHTW) |
| Twenthe AB, Netherlands (ENS/EHTW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written off 22 December 1999 when Piper PA-28-140 PH-BLY collided with an F-16AM fighter (Klu J-059) in flight, and crashed at Hoeven, Halderberge, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. The (female) F-16 pilot ejected safely.
According to contemporary eyewitness reports:
"The accident happened on the 22nd December 1999. Pilot was 1st Lt Lonneke Maes of 315 Squadron. The F-16 was a F-16AM (MLU upgrade) with serial J-059 and was the very first F-16AM that the KLu lost.
The aircraft collided with Piper PA-28 with registration PH-BLY. Both pilot and student of the PA-28 were killed on impact, the F-16 was badly damaged, several systems out and an engine fire. 1st Lt Maes was forced to eject after which the F-16 crashed into a farmers field, not far from where the wreckages of the PA-28 had crashed."
It was concluded that regulations regarding uncontrolled airspace in force at the time where insufficient to avoid a collision between high speed aircraft and other air traffic.
Sources:
1. http://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/publicaties/rvtv/Rapport1999142_zb.pdf
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194643/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1999.htm#dec
3. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/1962/
4. http://www.combatsim.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=21&t=008033
5. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1986.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Nov-2008 03:10 | harro | Updated |
| 18-Nov-2013 19:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2014 11:10 | Boelck O. | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-Jan-2019 19:56 | ArneM1982 | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 22-Feb-2021 20:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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