ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59056
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Date: | Tuesday 31 March 2009 |
Time: | 12:20 |
Type: | Lockheed Martin KF-16D Fighting Falcon |
Owner/operator: | 123rd FSqn /20th FWg RoCAF |
Registration: | 92-048 |
MSN: | KD-20 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Yellow Sea, about 40 km off Taen County, about 150 km SW of Seoul. -
South Korea
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Seosan AB (RKTP) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ex-USAF 92-4048 ordered for Korea as RoKAF serial 92-048 under FMS Program: Peace Bridge II. Assembled by Samsung in Korea. Written off when crashed on Tuesday 31 March 2009 at about 12:20 local time, into the Yellow Sea, about 40 km off Taen County, about 150 km SW of Seoul, but its two pilots - Lieutenant Colonel Sohn and Captain Kwak ejected safely.
The KF-16D had taken off from Seosan Air Base, near Seosan city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea at about 11:50 local time.
Sources:
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http://www.avionews.com/ 2.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_356785.html 3.
http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/3868/ 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seosan_Air_Base 5.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1992.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
31-Mar-2009 07:05 |
morethanwords |
Added |
31-Mar-2009 23:33 |
angels one five |
Updated |
01-Apr-2009 00:13 |
angels one five |
Updated |
09-Jun-2009 01:13 |
FISHER01 |
Updated |
11-Nov-2013 03:41 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
08-Feb-2020 19:01 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
23-Feb-2021 10:07 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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