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

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Found 523 aircraft, displaying 31- 45 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
27 Mar 1981 [ w/o] 78105 78- 0105 USAF 61 TFTS F-16B Block 5 Details
Went down over the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. The crash was caused by an N2 speed sensor fault due to failed pins inside the sensor. The aircraft was recovered but damage was extensive to the cockpit area. The aircraft remains were brought back to MacDill AFB and stored in a hanger with the front being replaced by the front of #84-1228. Everything was removed forward of the intake and it was used as a maintainance trainer for a while.
29 Oct 1980 [ w/o] 78110 78- 0110 USAF 61 TFTS F-16B Block 5 Details
Destroyed when it hit the ground at Avon Park range, Florida.
23 Mar 1982 [ w/o] 78112 78- 0112 USAF 4485 TS F-16B Block 5 Details
Crashed near Eglin AFB, Florida due to an engine failure.
25 Jul 1983 [ w/o] 78113 78- 0113 USAF 61 TFTS F-16B Block 5 Details
Experienced a fuel pump failure and ended up in the water of the Gulf of Mexico, near McDill AFB, Florida.
08 Nov 1982 [ w/o] 79298 79- 0298 USAF 63 TFTS F-16A Block 10 Details
Crashed in Avon Park range, Florida during a night training mission killing Captain Francisco Pineiro, Jr. He was a flight instructor.
20 May 1982 [ w/o] 79301 79- 0301 USAF 421 TFS F-16A Block 10 Details
Hit the ground at Great Salt Lake, Utah killing Major Richard Olson. The F-16 suffered a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) while in autopilot.
29 Jun 1981 [ w/o] 79313 79- 0313 USAF 421 TFS F-16A Block 10 Details
Went down in Great Salt Lake, Utah at 18:14 hours. An EPU problem was the cause of the mishap. The pilot, Captain Thomas F. Hauret, ejected safely.
10 Apr 1984 [ w/o] 79315 79- 0315 USAF 157 TFS F-16A Block 10 Details
Crashed near McEntire ANGB, South Carolina killing the pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Yeadon D. Dorn.
10 Apr 1981 [ w/o] 79316 79- 0316 USAF 421 TFS F-16A Block 10 Details
At 1:09 local time the main generator warning light came on and the EPU started. The pilot Major John Cary who was part of a four ship flight advised of his emergency and tried to make it to Buckley ANGB. After flying in for five minutes on the EPU, that failed and flight controls were lost. Major Cary ejected at 1000 feet with a 90 degree nose down near Elizabeth, Colorado. Injuries were sore neck, chipped tooth and swollen eye which resulted in temporary blindness. This was caused by the high negative G's the aircraft pulled (-6G during a pitch down). The reason for the failure was due to an EPU overspeed which caused an over voltage to the flight control computer causing it to shut down.
27 Jan 1982 [ w/o] 79318 79- 0318 USAF 16 TFTS F-16A Block 10 Details
Crashed into an unpopulated area Southwest of Luke AFB, Arizona. Cause of crash was flight control failure, pilot ejected safely.
07 Feb 1985 [ w/o] 79323 79- 0323 USAF 157 TFS F-16A Block 10 Details
Hit the ground on the Townsend Bombing Range, Georgia
09 Sep 1988 [ w/o] 79338 79- 0338 USAF 72 TFTS F-16A Block 10 Details
Crashed off the coast of Sarasota, Florida into the Gulf of Mexico. The aircraft was recovered by the Navy and was stored in Hanger 5 for a few years being pretty much intact. The corrosion (caused by the salt water) was terrible. May have been marked 72nd TFTS at the time.
27 Dec 1982 [ w/o] 79343 79- 0343 USAF 428 TFS F-16A Block 10 Details
The crash occured somewhere over the Nevada desert.
18 Nov 1983 [ w/o] 79350 79- 0350 USAF 61 TFTS F-16A Block 10 Details
11 Mar 1986 [ act] 79365 79- 0365 USAF 428 TFS F-16A Block 10 A Details
Collided with #79-0367 and although extensively damaged it was able to land at Gila Bend AP.

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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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