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| Date: | Tuesday 4 August 1981 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Lockheed F-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | 58 TFTW Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 66-13525 |
| MSN: | 7132 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gila Bend, AZ -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Luke AFB, AZ |
Crashed on Gila Bend Range 4 after engine failure due to compressor stall caused by ricochet; Hptm Wolfgang Daberkow (JBG32) ejected.
Sources:
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982
http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/Luke/66-13525.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2009 11:53 | harro | Updated |
| 08-Jun-2011 02:41 | TB | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Jun-2011 15:16 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jan-2020 19:19 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Phase, Operator, ] |
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