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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 449 aircraft, displaying 256-270 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
26 Dec 1989 [w/o] 86300 86-0300 USAF 35 TFS F-16C Block 30D Details
Destroyed near Kunsan AB, South Korea.
14 Mar 1989 [w/o] 86311 86-0311 USAF 612 TFS F-16C Block 30D Details
Collided with F-16C (86-0312) over Spain. Both aircraft were lost. One pilot, 1st Lieutenant Danny Ralph Johnson, was killed while the other ejected safely.
14 Mar 1989 [w/o] 86312 86-0312 USAF 612 TFS F-16C Block 30D Details
Collided with F-16C (86-0311) over Spain. Both aircraft were lost. One pilot, 1st Lieutenant Danny Ralph Johnson, was killed while the other ejected safely.
13 Dec 2000 [w/o] 86313 86-0313 USAF 523 FS F-16C Block 30D Details
This aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Colonel John C. Harrison of the 83rd FWS at Tyndal AFB, Florida. The aircraft was on temporary duty with this unit. He ejected east of Panama City at Apalachicola, Florida at about 13:50 hours with minor injuries. Cause was engine failure and fire. John was rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter.
05 Dec 1988 [w/o] 86316 86-0316 USAF 612 TFS F-16C Block 30D Details
Crashed near Chiloeches, Spain which is close to Torrejon AB, outside of Madrid during approach to the airfield. The pilot, Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Harpe, died in the crash. He was the commander of the USAF operations in the Mediterranean. Harpe, 51, was on a training flight. The exact curcumstances have never been totally revealed since the investigation showed no technical failure nore. Most probably Gen. Harpe got disoriented during the nightly approach to Torrejon AB.
01 Sep 1998 [w/o] 86324 86-0324 USAF 523 FS F-16C Block 30E News Article Details
Crashed at 9:13 hours, 30 miles southwest of Fort Sumner in the eastern portion of New Mexico. The pilot, Major Kevin Frisbie, was severely injured in the ejection. He was treated at the University Hospital, Albuquerque. Cause of the crash was the pilot having gravity-induced loss of consciousness after preforming a high-g manoeuvre of 6.4 g’s. Frisbie was unconscious for about ten seconds. When he woke he was 70 degrees nose down 5,000 feet altitude and at a speed of 575 knots (1,065 km/h). He attempted to pull out of the dive, but at 300 feet ejected. The pilot knew about the g-suit malfunction prior to flight during his checks. He was cleared to take it as is with a g-limit restriction. His parachute also did not open fully before he impacted the ground causing multiple breaks to both hips and legs. It was over 4 to 6 months until he was around on crutches.
09 Nov 1993 [w/o] 86325 86-0325 USAF 120 FS F-16C Block 30E Details
Went down near Laramie, Wyoming. The pilot was Lt. Julian Clay. Probable cause was an engine failure.
11 Jul 2004 [i/a] 86328 86-0328 USAF 186 FS F-16C Block 30E News Article Details
Ran off the runway at Balad AB, Iraq collapsing the gear. Pilot did not eject, but opened the canopy and stepped out.
20 Feb 1991 [w/o] 86329 86-0329 USAF 612 TFS F-16C Block 30E Details
Crashed at Diyarbakir, Turkey. Flamed out during refuelling, pilot ejected and was rescued.
11 Aug 1993 [w/o] 86343 86-0343 USAF 23 FS F-16C Block 30E Details
Flew into the Adriatic Sea. The pilot had ejected safely
18 Oct 1988 [w/o] 86344 86-0344 USAF 613 TFS F-16C Block 30E Details
The aircrafts aft fuel tank ran dry and the pilot forgot to transfer fuel to it. The pilot ejected from his F-16 near Incirlik, Turkey.
11 Sep 2002 [w/o] 86348 86-0348 USAF 160 FS F-16C Block 30E News Article Details
Impacted the ground near Bobby Chain Airport in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Pilot, Major Charles Toplikar, ejected safely with minor injuries. The primary cause of the accident was the failure of the high-pressure turbine post, allowing the HPT blades to break free and damage the engine. Unit had just passed 50000 hours mishap free when this happened.
23 Oct 1990 [w/o] 86354 86-0354 USAF 80 TFS F-16C Block 30E Details
Crashed 60 miles northeast of Taegu, South Korea. The pilot ejected safely.
19 Mar 1996 [w/o] 86361 86-0361 USAF 162 FS F-16C Block 30E Details
Experienced engine troubles after completing a bombing training mission. It crashed into an artillery range at Camp Grayling ANG base after the pilot, Capt. Douglas Cligrow, ejected safely.
21 Jan 1991 [w/o] 87224 87-0224 USAF 614 TFS F-16C Block 30F Details
An Mk. 84 bomb exploded as it left the aircraft on a strike mission over Kuwait. Pilot, Colonel John Ball, was able to fly the aircraft over water before ejecting. The US Navy rescued John out of the Persian Gulf water. John Ball was the 614th Director of Operations.

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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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