ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55929
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| Date: | Thursday 11 April 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | JG74 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 38+52 |
| MSN: | 4758 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bordeaux -
 France
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Alverca, Portugal |
| Landivisiau (Saint-Servais) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Diverted to Bordeaux-Merignac due to bad weather at planned destination Landivisiau. ATC had initially offered a diversion into the much closer airfield Lorient, however, that was unsuitable due to insufficient runway length. The mishap aircraft had fuel transfer problems. The decision to divert has made late. As a result, the aircraft was very low on fuel. The approach was flown flaps up. Instead of a fast approach and a firm touch-down, the pilot used an improper landing technique: Slowing down with this configuration in conjunction with an imbalanced weight distribution due to the trapped fuel in one external tank resulted in the aircraft going out of control during final approach. Oberstlt Peter Puhl and Hptm Klaus Lange-Gieseler killed.
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJaFGpaDDhU3
Bernd Vetter, Frank Vetter: F-4 Phantom, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, 2021, ISBN 978-3-613-04393-0, page 178
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2011 12:27 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2011 17:57 | TB | Updated [Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jul-2012 09:16 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 20-Jul-2012 09:21 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 02-May-2019 06:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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