ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46349
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| Date: | Thursday 23 September 1999 |
| Time: | c. 14:00 |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | 312 Sqn Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | J-361 |
| MSN: | 6D-118 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 70 km NW of Schiermonnikoog, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen AB (GLZ/EHGR) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-USAF 84-1361, built by Fokker, and delivered 28 November 1986. Written off 23 September 1999 when crashed into the North Sea. According to a contemporary newspaper report:
"A Dutch F-16 fighter plane crashed into the North Sea during a training exercise on Thursday, the first accident involving the country's air force in over three years.
The 30-year-old pilot was able to bail out before his plane hit the sea and was not seriously injured, an air force spokesman said. The cause of the crash, which occurred 70 kilometres from the northern Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog, was not known."
Sources:
1. http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/site/article.do?code=LC&date=19990924&id=LC-19990924-13004&words=+F-16%20f-16
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiermonnikoog
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1984.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194643/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1999.htm#sep
5. http://www.flyingbrick.nl/f16.htm
6. http://www.pbase.com/roel/image/139892838
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Nov-2008 03:05 | harro | Updated |
| 11-Nov-2013 01:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Country] |
| 18-Nov-2013 19:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2014 11:09 | Boelck O. | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Feb-2021 20:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 00:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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