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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 331-345 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
14 Jan 1992 [w/o] 88470 88-0470 USAF 421 FS F-16C Block 40C Details
Crashed at the Utah Test and Training Range during a practice bombing run. This Desert Storm veteran was based at Hill AFB. The pilot was injured in the ejection. The aircraft was inadvertently entered IMC and then went into a steep dive from which the pilot was unable to recover.
22 Apr 1998 [w/o] 88473 88-0473 USAF 188 FS F-16C Block 40C News Article Details
Crashed 70 miles southeast of Albuquerque, New Mexico at White Sands Missile Range while on a training mission. The pilot, 2nd Lt. Patrick J. "Sherman" Potter, was killed in the mishap.
10 Feb 1995 [w/o] 88478 88-0478 USAF 308 FS F-16C Block 42C Details
Collided with F-16D (83-1185) over Luke AFB, Arizona. Wreckage from the F-16 came down near the runway and within 300 feet of five F-15E's each loaded with four live Mk84's. SSgt. Owens and his crew rushed to unload the ordanance and safety the aircraft. The pilot, First Lieutenant Charles Durfree, ejected safely but broke both heels due to ejecting at such a low altitude with the parachute probably not opening entirely. Captains Barry Beckner and Ben Culp were flying the other aircraft and landed it safely. The other aircraft, was repaired and returned to active duty at Luke.
08 Jan 1991 [w/o] 88483 88-0483 USAF 4 TFS F-16C Block 40C Details
The mishap occurred in the north-eastern part of Saudi Arabia at Night Camel West training area. Crashed killing the pilot, Captain Michael L. Chinburg, during a night training flight. It is believed to have been from spatial disorientation. Deployed for Desert Storm, but did not see any combat.
08 Sep 2011 [act] 88486 88-0486 USAF 4 FS F-16C Block 40C Details
A storm hit Nellis AFB, Nevada on September 8, 2011 at just after 5pm causing a row of aircraft sunshelters to fall striking aircraft and injuring airman. In total eleven F-16s including this one and two A-10s were damaged. Aircraft was quickly repaired.
20 Sep 1994 [w/o] 88488 88-0488 USAF 421 FS F-16C Block 40C Details
Crashed at about 11:00 hours in a cornfield 12 miles away from Hill AFB, Utah. The aircraft was on a training mission on the Utah Test and Training Range. The pilot, Capt. Michael D. Goldfein, safely ejected and landed in the Great Salt Lake. He was rescued by a UH-1 from Hill’s 545th Test Group and released from hospital after examination. A faulty fan blade in the engine was the cause of the crash
26 Mar 1999 [w/o] 88490 88-0490 USAF 308 FS F-16C Block 42C News Article Details
Suffered an engine failure which forced pilot, Captain Michael G. Rider, to eject. The aircraft crashed after about 20 minutes of flight at 8:40 hours, 22 miles southwest of Luke AFB, Arizona. All Luke AFB F-16's were subsequently grounded as the result of the crash until all engines could be inspected. Cracks were found in 63 other F-16 P&W 220 engines augmentor ducts. Cracks in the afterburner resulted in an earlier F-16 crash on February 3, 1999. The aircraft was on a training mission with practice munitions.
27 Feb 1991 [act] 88495 88-0495 USAF 4 TFS F-16C Block 40C Details
Probably an SA-8 exploded near the left external tank area. Fragments from the SAM hit the lower left side of the intake, including right through the intake. The left wing had a 2x3 inch hole and the main wing root had damage underneith. Stabilizers were peppered as well as the exhaust tail feathers. Part of the radome was also sheared off, but that damage was done during the crash landing at Rafha, Saudi Arabia when the nose gear would not extend. Major Ed 'Spot' Schumacher was a pilot who was visiting from the Fighter Weapons School and had deployed to Desert Storm with the 4th TFS. The aircraft returned to Hill AFB in a crate from Dahrain AB.
25 Feb 2010 [w/o] 88513 88-0513 USAF 36 FS F-16C Block 40D Details
The right main landing gear collapsed upon landing. An attached AGM-65 missile scraped the runway and the jet veered off the runway to the right.
15 Jun 2003 [act] 88516 88-0516 USAF 421 FS F-16C Block 40D Details
Got hit on the ground by F-16C (88-0421) caused by a hydraulic failure of the other F-16. Cost to repair was $1.1 million and was conducted by the 649th CLSS over a period of two years once work started.
24 Aug 1998 [w/o] 88519 88-0519 USAF 36 FS F-16C Block 40D Details
Crashed into the sea at 18:15 hours about one mile off the coast from Kangnung, South Korea. The aircraft was on a routine training flight. Pilot, Captain David W. Murphy, ejected safely. The aircraft suffered an engine burn through.
23 Feb 1993 [w/o] 88523 88-0523 USAF 69 FS F-16C Block 40D Details
Crashed onto an island on Lake Sinclair, Georgia. The pilot ejected safely.
01 Aug 1990 [act] 88527 88-0527 USAF 36 TFS F-16C Block 42D Details
The aircraft ran off the runway after an emergency landing. No-one was hurt.
18 Sep 2007 [w/o] 88529 88-0529 USAF 510 FS F-16C Block 40D News Article Details
The aircraft crashed on a routine training sortie out of Aviano AB in the early evening near the mountains of Belluno. The pilot, Maj. Timothy Palmer, ejected safely.
17 Oct 2001 [act] 88533 88-0533 USAF 4 FS F-16C Block 40D AIB Report Details
Went off the runway during takeoff roll at Hill AFB at 21:50 hours on a night training flight. The aircraft veered off the runway forcing the pilot to eject. Cause was a blown nose gear tire which resulted in loss of directional control. Pilot, Captain Casey J. Tidgewell, sustained only minor injuries. Damage to the aircraft was significant. Cause of the crash was a blown nose wheel which severed important wires and control was lost.

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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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