ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46830
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| Date: | Monday 3 June 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | 311 Sqn Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | J-865 |
| MSN: | 6D-82/L-179 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Gronau, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden AB, Netherlands (EHLW) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-USAF 81-0865, delivered 27 July 1984. Written off 3 June 1985 when collided in mid-air with F-16A (80-3621, J-621), also of 311 Sqn KLu, near Gronau, Borken, in North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. Pilot, 1st Lieutenant Wiebe F.M. Schiphorst, did not survive the collision and neither did the pilot of the other aircraft, 1st Lieutenant Hans van Schaijk.
Sources:
1. http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/site/article.do?code=LC&date=19850604&id=LC-19850604-3015&words=+F-16%20f-16
2. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/1165/
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1981.html
4. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000280831L.html
5. http://www.volkelpics.nl/rotaties%20Volkel/AIM2009-1.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Nov-2008 00:43 | harro | Updated |
| 31-Oct-2013 05:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2019 19:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Feb-2019 17:05 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 08-Dec-2020 19:46 | Cobar | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-Feb-2021 13:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 09-Jun-2022 13:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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