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| Date: | Friday 17 July 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | 322 Sqn Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | J-217 |
| MSN: | 6D-6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Leeuwarden AFB, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden AB, Netherlands (EHLW) |
| Leeuwarden AB, Netherlands (EHLW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 17/7/1981: Aircraft was damaged beyond repair when it ran over the barrier at Leeuwarden AB, the Netherlands. The pilot, Lt. Filip Appeldorn, ejected safely and survived the accident. The mishap occurred during initial conversion training due to an engine problem. This was the first zero-zero ejection from an F-16A.
Aircraft was nominally ex-USAF 78-0217, delivered 19/12/1979
Sources:
1. photograph of crash: http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000209017L.html
2. http://anp.kb.nl/thumb/showmsgdetail/msgdate/17-07-1981/msgnr/59
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170421194436/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/PROJECT/YEAR_Pages/1981.htm
4. http://www.flyingbrick.nl/f16.htm
5. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1978.html
6. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/217
7. http://webspace.webring.com/people/lw/werner/generaldynamicsf16fightingfalcon/F-16.html
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Nov-2008 06:20 | harro | Updated |
| 22-Nov-2011 09:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2012 11:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 29-Oct-2013 21:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2014 11:01 | Polish | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-May-2019 21:09 | Cobar | Updated [Embed code] |
| 11-Feb-2021 13:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 13-Jun-2022 22:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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