Date:	Monday 27 May 1963
Time:
Type:	Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Owner/operator:	Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
Registration:	12719
MSN:	683A-1019
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Artolsheim -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	4 Wing – RCAF Station Baden-Soellingen
Destination airport:	4 Wing – RCAF Station Baden-Soellingen

Narrative:
CF104 12719 was on an initial acceptance test flight out of 4 Wing Baden-Soellingen, Germany, when it suffered an engine failure at 28,000 feet. The pilot attempted several relights without success. Pilot F/L L.A. Tapp successfully ejected at 2000 feet near Colmar, France.

Investigation revealed that the studs securing the outlet line to the Main Fuel Control Unit (MFCU) had not been properly torqued and lockwired. A loose seal would drop the fuel pressure sufficiently to allow the pressurizing and drain valve to close, thereby shutting off the fuel to the engine.

Royal Canadian Air Force DFS "Flight Comment" 1964 MAY.JUNE (Pg 3)
Neckar-Bote 29 May 1963, p2
http://web.archive.org/web/20171106232040/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/Canadian_CF-104.htm
Canadian Starfighters, CF-104 and CF-104D, 1961-1986, Patrick Martin. ISBN 978-3-935687-98-0 (Pg 133)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Aug-2011 04:41	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
05-Oct-2014 19:43	Anon.	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ]
05-Nov-2014 17:06	SIS07	Updated [Operator, ]
01-Mar-2016 07:17	yukonjack	Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
20-Apr-2016 05:59	yukonjack	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
17-May-2025 07:40	TB	Updated [Location, Source, ]