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| Date: | Wednesday 3 January 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Northrop F-5A |
| Owner/operator: | Luftforsvaret (RNoAF) |
| Registration: | 568 |
| MSN: | N7016 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bjåen Fjellstove/Hovden -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rygge Air Station |
| Rygge Air Station |
Was on a training mission to excute a simulated attack on two targets in formation with another F-5A. After starting the attack on a bridge at lake Særsvatn near Båen Fjellstue (a cottage) the plane hit the terrain and crashed a few hundred meters from the bridge into a slope towards Riksvei 12 (main road). Pilot Second leutenant Kent Aage Thygesen who was assigned to the 336 sqn perished.
Sources:
http://www.newikis.com/no/wiki/Bruker:Paaln/Luftforsvaret_D%C3%B8dsulykker
Scramble
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Jun-2009 10:05 | zerocinquanta | Updated |
| 21-Nov-2015 18:55 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Nov-2015 21:06 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Sep-2017 07:52 | whiteshark | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Sep-2017 07:58 | whiteshark | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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