ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55758
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Date: | Tuesday 20 June 1978 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter |
Owner/operator: | 58 TFTW Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 66-13626 |
MSN: | 5937 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Gila Bend, AZ -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Engine failure due to broken throttle linkage after pull-out from simulated air-to-ground attack at Gila Bend Range; Lt Eckehard Wutke and Capt James Sandstrom (USAF) ejected safely.
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/Luke/66-13626.htm
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jun-2011 10:41 |
TB |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
12-Jun-2011 15:13 |
TB |
Updated [Source] |
02-Jan-2020 23:09 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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