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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 391-405 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
Unknown [act] 90708 90-0708 USAF 152 FS F-16C Block 42H Details
Undercarrage retracted while parked. Gear pins were pulled during an ops check.
29 Jul 2011 [i/a] 90717 90-0717 USAF 80 FS F-16C Block 40H AIB Report Details
Pilot failed to noticed that #90-0733 had halted on runway before take-off and ran into him. Received extensive damage totaling over $2M. Included damage to nose cone, nose radome, FCR antenna, targeting pod, forward fuselage, bulkhead, canopy, equipment bay door and side access door.
06 Feb 2003 [act] 90718 90-0718 USAF 18 FS F-16C Block 40H News Article Details
Jumped the chocks during a hot oil servicing run at Eielson AFB, Alaska and slid 400ft sideways across the ramp on hard packed snow. The aircraft ended up in a balancing act on its nose and starboard wing on the ground and port landing gear in the air. The aircraft was fixed, although there was extensive damage. A ground crew member in the cockpit was fine. A few years later, the aircraft ended up in the exact same position after being tipped over by the engine exhaust of a taxying B-1B.
15 Jun 2007 [act] 90718 90-0718 USAF 18 FS F-16C Block 40H Video Footage Details
Tipped over on its side again this time while taxiing before take off for a Red Flag North sortie. During taxi roll the aircraft wandered behind a B-1B which was spooling up to move out onto the runway. The exhaust of the four engines on the B-1 was powerful enough to blow the aircraft up on two wheels on its right side. This aircraft had previously been on its same side when it went out of control just a few years earlier on February 6, 2003. Just like before the aircraft will be repaired. It is unclear yet if the B-1 applied too much thrust for ground taxiing or the F-16 was out of position.
01 May 2001 [act] 90725 90-0725 USAF 4 FS F-16C Block 40H Details
Main gear collapsed and a crewmember was injured by the port wing stabilizer. The tail of the aircraft came down and wrecked the ventral fins. Here are the events as described by that crewmember: "There had been changes made to the order in which normal maintenance inspections were performed. Basically our normal way of doing things had been changed. These changes are what allowed this mishap to occur. The evening before I reported for work my swing-shift counterpart found a cracked landing gear handle lense. In the course of fixing the handle someone inadvertently left the handle in the up position. Therefore when the pilot started the jet the main landing gear retracted. I received an L2 compression fracture, a dislocated right ankle, and a broken fibula". This incident happened at Hato, Curaçao. All flying was cancelled for the day. The aircraft was returned to flying status by May 18th, 2001.
08 Sep 2011 [act] 90726 90-0726 USAF 16 WS F-16C Block 42H 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.
22 Oct 1998 [act] 90730 90-0730 USAF 310 FS F-16C Block 42H Details
Landed safely after a midair collision with F-16C #88-0414. The other aircraft crashed after the pilot had safely ejected. Cause of the mishap was error due to improper rejoin procedure.
29 Jul 2011 [i/a] 90733 90-0733 USAF 80 FS F-16C Block 40H AIB Report Details
Received $589,322 worth of damage after #90-0717 ran into it while on the runway before take-off. Damage to wing box, horizontal stab, fuel tank and targetting pod reported.
31 May 1992 [w/o] 90749 90-0749 USAF 57 FW F-16C Block 42J Details
Aircraft crashed while returning from a training mission in a remote part of Nevada. The pilot who ejected safely was rescued by a Las Vegas Police helicopter. The aircraft was from Shaw AFB? Need to confirm.
27 Oct 1992 [w/o] 90761 90-0761 USAF 17 FS F-16C Block 42J Details
Impacted the ground near Shaw AFB, South Carolina.
07 Feb 1994 [w/o] 90764 90-0764 USAF 125 FS F-16C Block 42J Details
Crashed due to an engine fire in Soper, Oklahoma. The pilot ejected safely and walked to the nearest farmhouse for assistance. The crash was the unit's first loss in its entire 54 year history.
27 Nov 2006 [w/o] 90776 90-0776 USAF 524 FS F-16C Block 40K News Article Details
Went down over Iraq north of Falluja in western Anbar province at 13:35 hours during a combat mission supporting ground forces. The official cause of the accident was "chanalized attention manifested by the pilots to maintain a constant visual positive identification of targeted enemy vehicles and subsequent target fixation on these vehicles while they were traveling at a high rate of speed". Unfortunately the pilot, Major Troy L. Gilbert of the 309th FS, was killed in this accident.
13 Jul 2004 [act] 90779 90-0779 USAF 36 FS F-16D Block 40H Details
The aircraft caught fire right after take off from Osan AB. The pilot, Capt. Kermis, circled around and was able to land. The core spray bar broke off and started spraying fuel in the enging bay. Due to the fire the rudder ISA also failed resulting in loss of rudder control during landing. It was a class A mishap but the plane was repaired.
18 Feb 1993 [w/o] 90784 90-0784 USAF 18 FS F-16D Block 40H Details
Destroyed near Eielson AFB, Alaska. Both crew, pilot Capt. Glen S. Porter and backseat passenger, flight surgeon Maj. Robert D. Verdone, were killed. It has been speculated that during a ground avoidance maneuver the backseater had interfered with the control stick and rudders.
25 Mar 1998 [w/o] 90792 90-0792 USAF 36 FS F-16D Block 40J News Article Details
Crashed into the Yellow Sea 100 kilometres west of Osan AB, South Korea at 20:52 hours. The aircraft was part of a four-ship formation on a combat training mission. Eleven hours after the mishap, the body of Captain Keith A. Sands was found. United States Air Force , Navy and Korean Air Force helped in the search. Korean Navy minesweepers found the wreckage, but the USS Salvor (ARS-52) salvaged 300 pieces to the aircraft, but lacked one large portion. Cause of the crash is still unknown.

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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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