ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46252
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 April 2002 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16BM Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | FB-19 |
| MSN: | 61-19 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Sellingen, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kleine Brogel AB, Belgium (EBBL) |
| Kleine Brogel AB, Belgium (EBBL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-USAF 80-3594, built by SABCA and delivered 25 May 1983. Underwent MLU (Mid-Life Update) between September 1998 and February 2000
Written off 24 April 2002: Destroyed in a mid-air collision over Sellingen (province of Groningen, part of the municipality of Vlagtwedde, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Emmen, the Netherlands) with Ultra Light Motorised Comco Ikarus C42 (PH-3G8 c/n 9911-6218); the F-16 crashed in a nearby forest.
One pilot, Cdt.vl.Martin Levicar, saved himself with his ejection seat, but the second F16 pilot, Kapt.vl.Luc Viaene, was killed when his 'chute failed to open. The pilot of the ULM was also killed.
Sources:
1. http://www.scramble.nl (Scramble 277)
2. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/864/
3. http://belmilac.wikifoundry.com/page/Part+8+%3A+FB-01+-+FB-24
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20090215024916/http://ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/BELGIUM/f_16_belgium.htm
5. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1980.html
6. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tink_norfolk/8134325378/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 April 1981 | 78-0013 | 34th TFSqn USAF | 0 | Holloman AFB, 6 miles SW of Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico |  |
w/o |
| Fuel starvation | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Oct-2011 21:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2012 18:23 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2013 04:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2014 07:23 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 09-Nov-2014 08:15 | Oezil 007 | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Oct-2018 13:44 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2021 10:28 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 23:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 01-Jul-2022 16:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-Jul-2022 16:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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