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| Date: | Monday 26 April 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter |
| Owner/operator: | MFG1 Marineflieger |
| Registration: | TA+163 |
| MSN: | 583D-5729 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | ca 3 km from Tossens, Kreis Wesermarsch -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Flugplatz Kiel/Holtenau |
| Fliegerhorst Jever |
Engine power loss due to nozzle malfunction. OLtzS Klaus Rösner and OLtzS Heinz-Ulrich Lutz ejected safely at about 500 metres altitude. Aircraft crashed into mudflat.
Sources:
http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/ta163.htm
Passauer Neue Presse 28.4.1965, p2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2009 12:49 | zerocinquanta | Added |
| 18-Jun-2011 08:07 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Dec-2012 06:52 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 31-Dec-2012 10:19 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Oct-2014 16:47 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2019 19:51 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 01-Jan-2020 08:30 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 30-Jan-2020 08:20 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 05-Feb-2020 16:16 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 21-Jun-2025 12:45 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
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