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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 361-375 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
12 Jun 2001 [w/o] 89063 89-2063 USAF 35 FS F-16C Block 40F News Article Details
Lost forty miles southeast of Kunsan AB, Korea taking the life of pilot, First Lieutenant Randolph E. Murff. It is speculated the aircraft struck an electrical pole before impacting a rice paddy. Cause was later determined to be due to spatial disorientation. The aircraft ended up in an inverted steep dive that was not recoverable (13,000 feet, 460 knots, 59° nose low, 165° left bank). The pilot ejected out of the envelope (one second before impact).
23 Mar 1998 [act] 89067 89-2067 USAF 4 FS F-16C Block 40F News Article Details
Veered off Hill AFB’s runway returning from a night surface attack at 20:20 hours. The pilot ejected with minor injuries. Cause of the crash was pilot error. On his approach for landing he failed to use proper decent control due to a step late left turn to line up with the runway. The hard landing resulted in the collapse of the port undercarriage. Sparks and leaking fuel made part of the aircraft to burnout.
18 May 1993 [w/o] 89069 89-2069 USAF 18 FS F-16C Block 40F Details
Crashed near Eielson AFB, Alaska killing the pilot Capt. Luis F. Jordan during ACM with a British Tornado.
18 Dec 2002 [act] 89072 89-2072 USAF 4 FS F-16C Block 40F AIB Report Details
Mid-air collission with F-16C (88-0457). Both aircraft and their pilots returned safely to Hill AB. There was $ 1.7 million worth of damage to both aircraft.
20 Jan 1996 [w/o] 89079 89-2079 USAF 112 FS F-16C Block 42F Details
Crashed about 10 miles from Cannon AFB at Clovia, New Mexico while on route to Luke AFB, Arizona. The pilot, Col. Phil Lehman, ejected but suffered serious back injuries.
09 Sep 2003 [w/o] 89084 89-2084 USAF 35 FS F-16C Block 40F News Article Details
Crashed in the Yellow Sea near Kunsan AFB, South Korea. The pilot, capt. Kevin Dydyk, ejected and was rescued 90 minutes after the crash. Cause was determined as poor situational awareness of a low-altitude condition.
12 Oct 2000 [w/o] 89088 89-2088 USAF 125 FS F-16C Block 42F News Article Details
Pilot ejected with minor injuries and the F-16 fell into a field near Atlanta, Kansas. Cause was found to be engine failure after one of the bearings assemblies failed. The engine shut down, causing the pilot to attempt a restart. After the wingman saw fire coming out of the engine, he called for him to eject.
16 Dec 1991 [w/o] 89089 89-2089 USAF 363 TFW F-16C Block 42F Details
Crashed in Georgia
23 Dec 1993 [act] 89091 89-2091 USAF 112 FS F-16C Block 42F Details
The right main landing gear failed. This caused the aircraft to skid across runway, two taxi ways and the ramp coming to rest in front of the port authority fire department building. There were no injuries.
31 Jul 1996 [w/o] 89093 89-2093 USAF 68 FS F-16C Block 40F Details
Suffered a Class A mishap, but is surprisingly considered repairable, but most likely will not be repaired. It was written-off at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. The aircraft was the 3rd out of a 4-ship to take off, but it had no rotation of the stabs and subsequently the nose did not rise. The runway barrier did not raise in time and the aircraft went off the runway. The pilot ejected safely. Pilot had not taken into account Kirtland's high altitude and tried to rotate for take-off too early. There was suspicions of under-serviced nose strut contributing to crash but this was disputed due to the fact that the aircraft still should have rotated and numerous other Moody aircraft had improperly serviced struts and why didn't they have the same problems.
16 Feb 2000 [w/o] 89094 89-2094 USAF 63 FS F-16C Block 42F News Article Details
Major Anthony Barrell had problems with his aircraft so diverted to Gila Bend, but did not make it. He ejected at about 12:10 hours. All Luke F-16's were grounded as a result.
21 Apr 1997 [w/o] 89095 89-2095 USAF 68 FS F-16C Block 40F News Article Details
Crashed as the result of an engine flameout at a low altitude. The air plane crashed in the southern portion of Georgia, seven miles southwest of Pearson. A malfunction in the main engine control component caused the flame-out. Aircraft was nicknamed Satan and spent a lot of time code 3. The pilot ejected safely.
14 Mar 2006 [w/o] 89099 89-2099 USAF 35 FS F-16C Block 40F News Article Details
Lost at sea around 09:30 hours twenty miles off the coast of Kunsan AB, Korea. Pilot was Capt. Donald Siegmund, of the 35th Fighter Squadron ejected safely and returned to base shortly after. He spent about 55 minutes in the water before a South Korean air force rescue helicopter dispatched to the scene found and lifted him to safety.
23 Aug 1996 [w/o] 89101 89-2101 USAF 34 FS F-16C Block 40F Details
Crashed near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The crash was caused by an engine flame-out during take-off. The pilot ejected safely.
24 Mar 2009 [act] 89102 89-2102 USAF 510 FS F-16C Block 40F News Article Details
Suffered an in-flight emergency which led to the pilot deciding to drop the external tanks which landed in a local village. The aircraft landed safely at Aviano AB.

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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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