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| Date: | Monday 2 November 1981 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | JBG 31 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 20+44 |
| MSN: | 2052 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Decimomannu AB, Sardinia -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Decimomannu AB |
Open nozzle while over Frasca Range; emergency landed at high speed and left the runway when lowered hook jumped over the barrier cable; OLt Klaus Sommer unhurt.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20171029225354/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_Type/GermanF104.htm
http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/2044.htm
http://www.decimomannuairbase.com/Accident%20database/germany/F104-2-11-81_grande.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jun-2011 14:09 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jun-2011 00:49 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jan-2020 19:25 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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