ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55792
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Date: | Tuesday 14 January 1975 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter |
Owner/operator: | 58 TFTW Luftwaffe |
Registration: | 61-3081 |
MSN: | 5752 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Gila Bend, AZ -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Luke AFB, AZ |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Aircraft entered a steep supersonic dive after hydraulic failure during air combat training at Gila Bend Range; student Lt Heinrich Schmitt (ejected at speed over 1 Mach) and instructor Hptm Peter Gaber were killed.
Sources:
http://billy.hhvk-luftwaffe.buecher.officelive.com/Starfighterunfaelle.aspx http://www.916-starfighter.de/Large/Luke/61-3081.htm
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Jun-2011 11:34 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
02-Jan-2020 09:26 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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