Date:	Friday 28 October 1966
Time:
Type:	Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Owner/operator:	Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
Registration:	12867
MSN:	683A-1167
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	20 km N of Straßburg -   France
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	4 Wing, Baden-Soellingen
Destination airport:	4 Wing, Baden-Soellingen

Narrative:
The 421 Squadron pilot was performing a general handling flight in CF-104 12867. He had climbed to 45,000 feet and commenced flying various climbs and turns through several speed regimes. While in a tightening turn, and losing speed, the aircraft suddenly pitched up out of control. With great effort, the pilot was able to centre the controls and the aircraft stopped its tumbling, but then entered a flat spin from which there was no recovery. The pilot safely ejected at 17,000 feet and landed on German side of river Rhein. The aircraft crashed into the river Rhein on French side.

DFS Flight Comment, 1967, Issue 3
Canadian Starfighters, CF-104 and CF-104D, 1961-1986, Patrick Martin. ISBN 978-3-935687-98-0
http://web.archive.org/web/20171106232040/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Canadian_CF-104.htm
Weser-Kurier 29 October 1966, p2

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Aug-2011 04:46	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
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30-Oct-2014 09:33	Unites	Updated [Operator, ]
28-Jan-2016 05:09	yukonjack	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
20-Jun-2025 12:30	TB	Updated [Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]