ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47556
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| Date: | Monday 10 March 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | 306 Sqn Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | J-216 |
| MSN: | 61-5/L-008 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer, 5 km NW of Stavoren, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden AB (NL) |
| Leeuwarden AB | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fatal crash on 10/3/1980 in IJsselmeer, 5 Km north-west of Stavoren in the Netherlands. Likely cause was pilot disorientation. The aircraft was practising on the Vliehors range. The pilot, Captain E.J.L. Kropman, was killed.
This incident covered a number of "firsts"; it was the first F-16 to be lost by the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), it was the first loss of an F-16 other than by the USAF, and it was the first fatality by the F-16 in KLu (indeed, any "foreign" air forces') service
Sources:
1. http://anp.kb.nl/thumb/showmsgdetail/msgdate/10-03-1980/msgnr/46
2. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/216/
3. http://www.prk-aviation.nl/Crashes%20cornfield-range.htm
4. http://www.vlieland-info.nl/Klu.html
5. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1978.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Nov-2008 06:12 | harro | Updated |
| 03-Oct-2011 15:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2013 15:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2014 11:00 | Paco | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-Feb-2021 13:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2022 03:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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