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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 451 aircraft, displaying 361-369 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
07 Oct 1991 [w/o] 89059 89-2059 USAF 422 TES F-16C Block 42F Details
Crashed at Nellis AFB Range, Nevada. The pilot, Captain Percival Taylor "Teflon" Gates, was killed in crash.
04 Apr 1991 [w/o] 89061 89-2061 USAF 68 TFS F-16C Block 40F Details
Crashed during training sortie, pilot ejected safely. The aircraft crashed 18 miles south east of Moody AFB (Haylow), Georgia.
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.

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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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