ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46531
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Date: | Tuesday 21 December 1993 |
Time: | |
Type: | General Dynamics F-16B Fighting Falcon |
Owner/operator: | 323 Sqn Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
Registration: | J-260 |
MSN: | 6E-2/L-005 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Leeuwarden AFB, Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Leeuwarden AB, Netherlands (EHLW) |
Destination airport: | Leeuwarden AB, Netherlands (EHLW) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ex-USAF 78-0260, built by Fokker and delivered 8 October 1979. Written off 23 December 1993 when ran off the runway and ended up in a field at Leeuwarden AB. The two member crew survived. J-260 was deemed damaged beyond economic repair, and was withdrawn from service.
Instead, restored to static display standards, and mounted on a plinth by August 1996. The aircraft is now on display at the Depot Mechanisch Vliegtuigmaterieel en Straalmotoren (Mechanical Aircraft Material and Jet Engine Depot) which is at Woensdrecht AB.
Sources:
1.
http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/site/article.do?code=LC&date=19931222&id=LC-19931222-17007&words=+F-16%20f-16 2.
http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/260/ 3.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1978.html 4.
http://www.flyingbrick.nl/f16.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Nov-2008 10:35 |
ASN archive |
Added |
11-Nov-2008 02:56 |
harro |
Updated |
11-Nov-2013 19:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
09-Nov-2014 06:59 |
Lotos |
Updated [Operator] |
22-Feb-2021 14:33 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
13-Jun-2022 22:04 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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