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F-16 Accidents & Mishaps for the United States Air Force

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F-16 Accidents & Mishaps for the United States Air Force



Found 451 aircraft, displaying 211-219 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
28 Jan 1991 [w/o] 85423 85-1423 USAF 422 TES F-16C Block 25F Details
Crashed 75 miles north of Las Vegas, in the Nevada Desert. The pilot ejected safely. The crash was caused by an engine failure, specifically due to high time engine being installed in the jet to "get more hours out of it" before sending it to depot for major overhaul.
23 Jun 1987 [w/o] 85424 85-1424 USAF 526 TFS F-16C Block 30 Details
Flew into the ground at Weselberg, Germany killing the pilot, 1st Lieutenant John Holmberg. This was near Ramstein AB.
Unknown [act] 85444 85-1444 USAF 457 FS F-16C Block 30A Details
Sometime after the summer of 2001 this aircraft had a mishap. To repair this airframe, F-16N #163571 (#86-1689) was split in half at bulkhead 243.00 with the aft end being used for this airframe #85-1444 and the forward half used to fix #86-0242. This work was done by the 649th Logistics Support Squadron at Hill AFB, Utah.
13 Jun 2003 [w/o] 85445 85-1445 USAF 61 FS F-16C Block 25F News Article Details
It was 9:30 hours when Captain Scott Arbogast ejected over the Barry M. Goldwater training range, Arizona. The cause of the crash was due to the ingestion of a California Condor while practicing take-offs and landings at Gila Bend auxiliary field.
08 Sep 1992 [w/o] 85451 85-1451 USAF 526 FS F-16C Block 30A Details
This was the aircraft which crashed due to the pilots flight suit inflating causing the side stick to jam. The pilot was releiving himself and undid his lap belt. Unknowingly, the belt was wrapped around the stick and when he finally raised his seat up the aircraft went into an unwanted roll which could not be recovered. The pilot managed to eject safely. He unstrapped himself at 33,000 ft and initiated the ejection at 1,100 ft agl. The pilot was unbelted on ejection. This mishap occurred in the skies over Incirlik, Turkey while TDY.
28 Aug 2000 [w/o] 85456 85-1456 USAF 457 FS F-16C Block 30A News Article Details
Clipped the top of a barn before impacting a ploughed field. Pilot, Major Stephen W. Simmons, was buzzing his in-laws, since they own the property. He was in the process of completing a loop, starting at 140 feet with a top of only 4,759 feet. Unfortunately he wasn't able to complete the loop and never ejected. Time of the crash was 18:00 hours, 4 miles from Tulla, Texas. Eye witnesses said the aircraft lost power and then crashed. Simons was a pilot with Delta Airlines and was flying a cross-country mission from Hill AFB back to NAS Fort Worth.
18 Apr 1988 [w/o] 85462 85-1462 USAF 526 TFS F-16C Block 30A Details
Hit the ground in Erzberg, Germany near the town of Hermeskeil. The pilot ejected safely. The event was noticed in some over-regional pers with comments like "aircraft struck into free field but missed an Army Ammo-Depot 200 meters and the Hermeskeil hospital 600 meters."
19 Oct 1987 [w/o] 85463 85-1463 USAF 526 TFS F-16C Block 30A Details
Collided in mid-air with an F-5E (74-01534 of the 527th AS numbered 10) over Searland ,Germany killing the F-16 pilot, LtCol. Richard "Dick" Allain. The F-16 came down at the local district "Hoxberg", town limits of Lebach, Kreis Saarlouis. F-5 allegedly came down near Nonweiler, local town of Selbach, Germany.
28 Oct 2005 [sto] 85469 85-1469 USAF 175 FS F-16C Block 30A AIB Report Details
Damaged in flight during an air refueling with a KC-10A #83-0081 at 10:31 hours. The aircraft landed safely but it is estimated to be some time to be repaired as a bulkhead was severely damaged. Closure rate of the F-16 to the KC-10 was slightly higher then normal. The boom operator pulled the boom up too quickly and in an effort to prevent the boom from hitting the tail of the KC-10 the boom operator overcompensated and the boom came back down hitting the F-16. This was barely a class A mishap.

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Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[cld] Cancelled Order [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
[i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)



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