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Airframe Details for F-16 #78-0205

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Aircraft: 78-0205
LM Aero T/V 6G-2
Plant SABCA
Local C/N B-025
Delivered RDAF ET-205
F-16B Block 1
Current RDAF ET-205
F-16B Block 1
Status [w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
18 Apr 1980 [act] ET-205 F-16B Block 1
22 Apr 1980 [act] ET-205 RDAF Esk 727 F-16B Block 1
Oct 1984 [act] ET-205 RDAF Esk 723 F-16B Block 1
Jun 1989 [act] ET-205 RDAF Esk 730 F-16B Block 1
11 Dec 1996 [msh] ET-205 RDAF Esk 730 F-16B Block 1
On take-off from RAF Marham near Norfolk, United Kingdom, at 10:54 hours for return to Skydstrup air base the tower observed flames coming from the engine area and advised the pilot, Captain M. A. Friis, who elected to continue the take-off. Some 6 kilometres from the airfield, the crew ejected safely over Narborough at a height of 1,600 feet. The aircraft came down safely in an empty sugar beet field near Necton, Norfolk, after flying on for a further 12.8 kilometres. The student pilot, First Lieutenant M. L. Andersen's parachute caught in a 26 foot tree, and took an hour to get him down
11 Dec 1996 [w/o] ET-205 RDAF Esk 730 F-16B Block 1

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Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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