ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54981
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| Date: | Thursday 10 May 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadair CF-104 Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) |
| Registration: | 104864 |
| MSN: | 683A-1164 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Bodø Air Station -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bodø Air Station (ENBO) |
| Bodø Air Station (ENBO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A detachment of five 439 Squadron Starfighters was temporarily based at Bodø Air Station, Norway, conducting tactical and ACM training. After completion of an ACM exercise with Norwegian F-5 fighters, the aircraft returned to Bodø Air Base. Following an overhead break, the lead made a tight descending turn towards the runway with gear and flaps down, the aircraft suddenly rolled hard right, pitched up, rolled through the inverted and then rolled into an increasingly nose down attitude. The pilot ejected too low and was killed when he hit the sea just as seat separation had taken place.
Sources:
Canadian Forces DFS Flight Comment, 1973 November.December (Pg 22)
Starfighter, Retrospective of Canadian CF-104 1961-1986, David L. Bashow. ISBN 0-919195-12-1 (Pg 99)
http://www.starfighter.no/web/other104/104864/864.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2011 02:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 25-Aug-2011 01:45 | Uli Elch | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2016 08:11 | yukonjack | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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