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

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Found 523 aircraft, displaying 286- 300 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
11 Jul 2004 [ i/a] 86328 86- 0328 USAF 186 FS F-16C Block 30 E 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 30 E Details
Crashed at Diyarbakir, Turkey. Engine exploaded after refuelling. The pilot, Capt. Strom, tried to reach the air base, but when he realised he could not make it he ejected safely and was rescued.
Unknown [ act] 86335 86- 0335 USAF 80 FS F-16C Block 30 E Details
Aircraft went through its nose landing gear on the tarmac. Happened in 1996/97. Was repaired swiftly.
11 Aug 1993 [ w/o] 86343 86- 0343 USAF 23 FS F-16C Block 30 E Details
This aircraft was lost on a Deny Flight mission out of Aviano AB, in Italy. Towards the end of the mission, just south of Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the engine lost power (stall). The pilot was able to get enough out of the engine to make it to the Croatian.Coast and he was able to eject over a small island in the Adriatic, while the aircraft went down offshore. The pilot ejected safely and suffered no injuries.
18 Oct 1988 [ w/o] 86344 86- 0344 USAF 613 TFS F-16C Block 30 E Details
The aircraft suffered an engine failure. The pilot ejected from his F-16 near Incirlik, Turkey.
11 Sep 2002 [ w/o] 86348 86- 0348 USAF 160 FS F-16C Block 30 E 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 30 E Details
Crashed 60 miles northeast of Taegu, South Korea at 9:42 hours after experiencing an engine flame-out. The pilot, Guy 'Pepe' Brilando, ejected safely.
01 Aug 2013 [ w/o] 86357 86- 0357 USAF 121 FS F-16C Block 30 E News Article Details
The F-16 was involved in a mid-air collision with another F-16 of the 121st FS (#87-0314) when executing a routine night training mission off the coast of Chincoteague, approximately 70 miles southeast of Washington. The accident occurred over water at 22:28 local time. The pilot ejected and was rescued out of the water at 00:30 local on August 2nd. The other F-16 landed safely.
09 Aug 1990 [ act] 86359 86- 0359 USAF 416 TS F-16C Block 30 E AIB Report Details
After a test mission the pilot, Major Bonasso, forgot to lower the landing gear of theis F-16. The jet landed on the center fuel tank which exploaded and the aircraft, which was a heavily instrumented test aircraft with only 54 flying hours, was heavily damaged.
19 Mar 1996 [ w/o] 86361 86- 0361 USAF 162 FS F-16C Block 30 E Details
Experienced engine troubles after completing a bombing training mission. It crashed at 10:05 hours 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 30 F 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.
19 Jan 1991 [ w/o] 87228 87- 0228 USAF 614 TFS F-16C Block 30 F Details
Shot down in Desert Storm from an SA-6. Combat loss number 10 in Desert Storm. The pilot, Captain Harry 'Mike' Roberts, ejected safely, but was taken prisoner. Aircraft was on a mission to attack the Air Defense Headquarters Building in Baghdad. Aircraft had flown 4 combat missions before being lost.
17 Nov 1999 [ w/o] 87240 87- 0240 USAF 170 FS F-16C Block 30 F Details
Collided with F-16C (86-0263), near the town of Vermont, Illinois about eighty kilometres north of their base. One pilot landed the aircraft while the other was forced to eject. Cause is believed to have been from one of the pilots losing situational awareness. The mishap occurred as the upgrading pilot performed an air-to-air intercept on the instructor who was acting as a target and flying slow speed with lights out. A high to low intercept was flown by the upgrading pilot and he did not achieve sufficient lateral displacement for his Vc (overtaking velocity). He rolled out behind the target at 500 feet and 180 knots of overtake. An evasive maneuver was initiated at 200 feet and less than 1 second prior to impact. The right wing impacted and severed the target aircraft's left horizontal tail and severely damaged the corresponding hydraulic integrated servoacuator. The aircraft then experienced total hydraulic failure and went out of control. The instructor pilot ejected safely and the upgrading pilot flew his damaged aircraft to base.
07 Jun 2011 [ w/o] 87242 87- 0242 USAF 176 FS F-16C Block 30 F News Article Details
Crashed into an unoccupied vacation home in the town of New Chester around 13:20h local time. Was one of two fighter jets which had taken off from Truax Field in Madison for a routine training mission in the vicinity of Volk Field. Pilot ejected safely.
02 Mar 2005 [ i/a] 87243 87- 0243 USAF 188 FS F-16C Block 30 F Details
Left main tire blew after rotation during a take off from Alburquerque, New Mexico. Damage also was sustained when debris made a hole in the lower finger brace panel which is important to the the structure. It is thought to be repairable, but unknown if the wing will need to be replaced.

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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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Errors and Omissions

Mar 04, 2022 - 09:51 AM
F-16 CRASH

I couldn't find the Edwards AFB crash of 2001 in this list. I was trying to find what tail number it was.


Mar 04, 2024 - 06:45 AM
Jan 82

Some time in the 80s a f16 landing at nellis missed the the arresting Hook and went thru the barrier at end of runway and came to rest in 3 pieces on the golf course

Pilot was cut out of cockpit and walked away





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