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Date: | Tuesday 29 July 1958 |
Time: | 12:15 |
Type: | Hawker Hunter F4 |
Owner/operator: | 323 Sqn Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
Registration: | N-178 |
MSN: | 8726 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Leeuwarden AFB, Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Leeuwarden AB |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hunter F4 N-178 (c/no. 8726) Delivered 23-05-1957 to 323 Squadron at Leeuwarden, coded 3P-25; later recoded Y9-31;
Engine problems on takeoff from Leeuwarden 29-7-58. Pilot made a 180 degree turn and landed downwind on the same runway. The airplane overran the runway, sliding across a field and a ditch.
Damaged airframe later used for ground instructional purposes at Leeuwarden
Sources:
http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/site/article.do?code=LC&date=19580729&id=LC-19580729-1014&words=+Hunter%20hunter http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Country-By-Country/Netherlands.htm
http://www.prk-aviation.nl/hawkerhunter.htm
http://kw.jonker.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=368%3Ahawker-hunter-fmk4-fmk6-en-tmk-7-&catid=56%3Ah&Itemid=184&lang=en&showall=1
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