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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 91-105 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
15 Dec 1982 [w/o] 81724 81-0724 USAF 35 TFS F-16A Block 15E Details
The aircraft collided with a USMC F-4 Phantom II during DACT. The right wing of the Phantom cut through the belly of the F-16 at a 35 degree angle. The resulting damage to the engine gearbox meant the aircraft could not recover. Both aircraft were passing head-to-head at Mach 1 meaning a closure rate of Mach 2. The pilot, Captain Daryl "Smilin' Jack" Hower, was forced to eject from the F-16 at an altitude of around 23,000 feet but was relatively unhurt. The Viper slowly drifted down and impacted the ground on a muddy tidal plain. The USMC found it to be a unique opportunity to practice combat repair techniques by patching up the Phantom. If any one knows the serial of the F-4, please let us know.
27 Jan 1984 [w/o] 81730 81-0730 USAF 421 TFS F-16A Block 15E Details
Destroyed in a crash on Utah Test & Training Range killing the pilot, Lieutenant Colonel W. Roy Neisz. The aircraft suffered a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).
01 May 1984 [w/o] 81745 81-0745 USAF 421 TFS F-16A Block 15F Details
Crashed on Utah Test & Training Range. A little over a month earlier the same squadron, lost another F-16 on the same location. The crash was caused by an engine fire. The pilot ejected safely.
27 Apr 1986 [w/o] 81747 81-0747 USAF 421 TFS F-16A Block 15F Details
Crashed onto the Utah Test & Training Range due to an engine stall. The pilot ejected safely.
08 Aug 1985 [w/o] 81750 81-0750 USAF 421 TFS F-16A Block 15F Details
Crashed onto the Utah Test & Training Range killing pilot, First Lieutenant S. Brad Peale. The aircraft suffered a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).
02 Apr 1991 [w/o] 81758 81-0758 USAF 119 FIS F-16A Block 15F ADF Details
Crashed into Atlantic Ocean 50 miles south east of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The pilot, Major Robert Dean Ashenfelter, is missing and presumed dead. The flight was a training mission with three other F-16s.
11 Mar 1988 [w/o] 81766 81-0766 USAF 159 FIS F-16A Block 15G Details
Ran out of fuel in afterburner while trying to burn off excess fuel for landing after a training mission. Apparently the external fuel tanks won't feed with the afterburner running and the speed brakes deployed. The pilot, Ltc Levis Deweese, was forced to eject from the aircraft as he lacked sufficient altitude to attempt a relight.
29 Nov 1993 [w/o] 81770 81-0770 USAF 114 FS F-16A Block 15G ADF Details
Lost near Tulelake, California. The pilot, 1st Lieutenant Stephen Taylor, a student pilot from the Vermont ANG, died in the crash
11 Sep 1993 [w/o] 81779 81-0779 USAF 169 FS F-16A Block 15G ADF Details
The aircraft was completely destroyed in a crash. It impacted the ground near Union, Missouri due to bearing failure.
19 Mar 1983 [act] 81779 81-0779 USAF 612 TFS F-16A Block 15G Details
Belly landed at Torrejon AB, Spain when the pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Aircraft, which was on a delivery flight, landed on three external tanks. Damage was considered minimal but was damaged when the recovery crane dropped it from roughly 4 feet during recovery. Because of that the aircraft had to have a spar replaced so a CLSS team flew in from Hill AFB, Utah and fixed the aircraft within a week.
25 May 1990 [w/o] 81798 81-0798 USAF 68 TFS F-16A Block 15H Details
Crashed in a south Georgia community, named Pearson. The crash killed the pilot, Lieutenant Colonel A. Stuart, and a civilian.
08 Feb 1985 [w/o] 81808 81-0808 USAF 614 TFS F-16A Block 15H Details
Flew into the ground near Aviano AB, Italy. Pilot ejected safely. The cause was determined that both AOA heaters failed and ice formed on the probes, driving the probes full down. This caused the LE flaps to full down and the aircraft flipped on its back. The aircraft impacted a snow covered slop, inverted, and slid to a stop. The jet was enroute from Torrejon AB, Spain when the accident occured. During ejection, the pilot received a gash to his jaw from his parachute harness.
08 Jun 1991 [w/o] 81814 81-0814 USAF 111 FIS F-16B Block 15D Details
Cause of the crash was a fuel shut-off valve, which is a safety device in case of a fire. The aircraft was flying from Holloman AFB, New Mexico to Ellington Field, Texas. The pilot felt a vibration followed by a bang which stopped the engine at an altitude of only 3,000 feet. The pilot re-light the engine and the same thing happened again. At this point the pilot, Captain Kenneth J. Gurry, ejected, because the aircraft was descending through 800 feet of altitude. The ejection occurred near League City, Texas. The ejection seat was repaired and used for training, then placed in the Texas Military Forces Museum.
Dec 2006 [i/a] 81817 81-0817 F-16B Block 15F ADF Details
This aircraft was involved in a mishap where the aircraft had an engine fire. Details to be confirmed, but photos after the accident show the aircraft appears fine on the exterior. Due to the age of the airframe, it was declared a write-off.
25 Sep 2003 [act] 81821 81-0821 USAF 148 FS F-16B Block 15H AIB Report Details
The aircraft was damaged but repairable after hitting three power lines and destructing 10 power poles during a straight-in simulated flame-out approach (SFO) at Libby Army Airfield, Arizona. Both the instructor pilot and the student were unhurt, but the aircraft suffered some damage to the engine inlet, port strake, ram air diverter, nose gear, leading edge flap, flaperon, port horizontal stabilator and port speed brake. Cause of the incident was reported as lack of sufficient situational awareness by the instructor pilot.

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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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