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| Date: | Wednesday 21 April 1982 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | JBG 32 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 25+54 |
| MSN: | 8349 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Scoglio Pan di Zucchero, Sardinia -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Decimomannu AB (DCI/LIED) |
Crashed into Mediterranean Sea about 55 km west of Decimomannu AB after bird strike and engine failure during low-level at Frasca Range; OLt Peter Heidmann ejected safely.
Sources:
Serious birdstrike-related accidents to military aircraft of Europe and Israel: list and analysis of circumstances / W. John Richardson (Published in International 8ird Strike Committee Proceedings and Papers 23)
http://web.archive.org/web/20171029225354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_Type/GermanF104.htm
http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/2554.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2010 12:16 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jun-2011 07:55 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jun-2011 08:55 | TB | Updated [Location, ] |
| 08-Jun-2011 08:35 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jan-2020 19:32 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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