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Airframe Details for F-16 #83-1139

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Aircraft: 83-1139
	LM Aero T/V	5C-22
	Plant	General Dynamics
	Local C/N
	Delivered	USAF 83139 F-16C Block 25A
	Current	USAF 83139 F-16C Block 25A
	Status	[w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date

Status

Local S/N

Airforce/Unit

Version

Name

Info

22 Feb 1985

[act]

83139

F-16C Block 25A

15 Mar 1985

[act]

83139

USAF 312 TFTS 'LF'

F-16C Block 25A

Mar 1990

[act]

83139

USAF 314 TFTS 'LF'

F-16C Block 25A

01 Oct 1991

[act]

83139

USAF 314 FS 'LF'

F-16C Block 25A

01 Sep 1992

[msh]

83139

USAF 314 FS 'LF'

F-16C Block 25A

Crashed onto the Barry M. Goldwater range, Arizona. Aircraft experienced an engine failure due to FOD while participating in an ACM IUT sortie. The aircraft was flown by Capt. Eddie "Lizzard" Moran USMC, an F/A-18 pilot on exchange to the USAF. The engine had just been reinstalled in the airframe after returning from a civilian contractor located in Texas. This was the second flight after the installation. The first flight was flown by a student on an instrument training sortie. A tool was left inside the shroud that protects the levers that control the variable compressor blades.

01 Sep 1992

[w/o]

83139

USAF 314 FS 'LF'

F-16C Block 25A

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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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