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F-16 Accidents & Mishaps for the Hellenic Air Force

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Found 20 aircraft, displaying 16- 20 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
23 May 2006 [ w/o] 514 99- 1514 HAF 343 Mira F-16C Block 52 News Article Details
At 12:48h local, this aircraft suffered a mid-air with TuAF F-16C #93-0686 at 27,000 feet some 15km off the Greek island of Karpathos and consequently crashed some 21km off the coast of that island. Both were involved in a mock dogfight when one of the pilots made an error resulting in the collision. The Turkish pilot, 1st Lieutenant Halil Ibrahim Ozdemir ejected safely with only minor injuries, but the Greek pilot, Flight Lieutenant Konstantinos Iliakis, didn't survive this accident.
05 Dec 2007 [ w/o] 516 99- 1516 HAF 337 Mira F-16C Block 52 News Article Details
The jet participated in a nightly exercise in the Sporades archipelago with three other F-16s when it was lost by radars around 19.41h local time. Unfortunately the pilot, Flt. Lt. Athanasios Batsaras, 35 years, failed to eject. The cause of this fatal crash is still unknown but it is most likely to be attributed to spatial disorientation, more commonly known as pilots' vertigo.
26 Aug 2010 [ w/o] 522 99- 1522 HAF 340 Mira F-16C Block 52 News Article Details
Destroyed in a mid-air with F-16C (99-1538, 604) in an accident at 14:05 local during a training exercise (scenario 4 vs. 2) south of Crete, west of the island of Chrissi. The pilot, Captain Anastasios Balatsoukas, was killed.
26 Aug 2010 [ w/o] 604 99- 1538 HAF 340 Mira F-16D Block 52 News Article Details
Destroyed in a mid-air with F-16C (99-1522, 522) in an accident at 14:05 local during a training exercise (scenario 4 vs. 2) south of Crete, west of the island of Chrissi. Both pilots ejected with Lieutenant Paulos Botzakis being safe and Captain Iosif Anastasakis passing away on August 29th due to his injuries.
04 Dec 2014 [ w/o] 614 99- 1548 HAF 343 Mira F-16D Block 52 News Article Details
The F-16 crashed during a training flight at 13:42h local time, 14 nautical miles north of the island of Gavdos. Both crew members ejected.

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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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