ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74762
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 September 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | FX71 |
| MSN: | 683D-9120 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kleine Brogel AFB, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kleine Brogel AB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
c/n : 683D-9120
BAF SERIAL: FX-7
1964-09-18: Taken on charge by the Belgian Air Force
1964-09-18: delivered from Sabca to 10Wing EBBL Kleine Brogel
1965-04-01: Cat.1 During taxi after landing the left wheelbearing was damaged
pilot: Kapt-Vl Huygen J. OK,
1965-12-02: Cat.1 Immediately after takeoff the aircraft loses the target dart
pilot: Kapt-Vl Cooreman G. OK,
1966-10-06: Cat.1 During a live firing exercise the pilot hears a light noise
After landing a scratch and a hole is discovered on the right hand side of the fuselage
Pilot: Maj-Vl De Rijcke R. OK,
1958-10-28: Cat.1 Birdstrike
pilot: Lt-Vl Meerschaut OK,
1969-09-24: Cat.5 Halfway the runway the pilot noticed that he has insufficient engine thrust and abandons the
takeoff, the pilot follows the emergency procedure by the book, but then his luck ran out
One after the other the emergency brakesystem failed and the aircraft continues straight ahead off
the runway into the overrun, starts tumbling when crossing the Peer-Kleine Brogel road
and caughts fire
the pilot ejected in the overrun, just before the aircraft was about to cross the road
but the parachute had no time to open and the pilot is found in a swamp outside the airbase,
pilot: Kapt-Vl Ghys Guido seriously injured and choking, but alive, 10 Wing, 31 ‘Tiger’ Squadron
Sources:
http://www.ailes-militaires-belges.be/index.php?lang=frindex.php?lang=fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=165&Itemid=264 [Not working anymore]
https://www.belgian-wings.be/lockheed-f-104g-starfighter-2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Nov-2022 22:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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