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F-16 Accidents & Mishaps for the United States Air Force

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Found 523 aircraft, displaying 91- 105 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
07 Jan 1997 [ w/o] 81684 81- 0684 USAF 179 FS F-16A Block 15 C ADF Details
The aircraft went down near Greenwood Lake, Minnesota while practising night intercepts. The aircraft went down in a remote dense woodland area near Greenwood Lake. The pilot, Maj. Pete Woodbury, did not eject.
14 Nov 1982 [ w/o] 81692 81- 0692 USAF 80 TFS F-16A Block 15 D Details
Went down near Taejon, South Korea. The pilot, Capt. Theodore Harduvell, was killed during a low level training mission. Harduvell had just joined the 80th TFS in March of 1982. The insuing litigation against General Dynamics over the mishap, by Harduvell's widow, inspired the film "Afterburn".
31 Aug 1992 [ w/o] 81697 81- 0697 USAF 186 FS F-16A Block 15 D ADF Details
This aircraft crashed in rural Georgia while deployed to Tyndall AFB for a live missile firing exercise known as 'Combat Archer'. The pilot was orbiting at high altitude waiting for a pair of navy F-18s to conduct DACT training maneuvers when the engine catastrophically failed. The pilot ejected safely
03 Mar 1992 [ w/o] 81704 81- 0704 USAF 171 FIS F-16A Block 15 D ADF Details
Collided in mid-air with F-16A (81-0706) near Bad Axe, Michigan killing one of the pilots, Lieutenant Colonel Roy Allen Keyt. Collision was due to lack of situational awareness during combat air maneuvering.
03 Mar 1992 [ w/o] 81706 81- 0706 USAF 171 FIS F-16A Block 15 D ADF Details
Collided in mid-air with F-16A (81-0704) near Bad Axe, Michigan killing the pilot of 704, Lieutenant Colonel Roy Allen Keyt. Collision was due to lack of situational awareness during combat air maneuvering.
07 Jun 1988 [ act] 81713 81- 0713 USAF 159 FIS F-16A Block 15 D Details
The pilot, Sam Carter was landing at Jacksonville IAP, Florida when two pigs ran across the runway in front of him. The pigs severed the left main landing gear and the pilot ejected, causing $487,000 in damage. 900 parts were replaced including all landing gear, speed brakes, horizontal stabilizers, the nose, canopy and most of the cockpit instrumentation. The jet flew again for the first time on 14 May 1989 with Carter again at the controls. Shortly after the aircraft was fixed it was sent for ADF conversion.
26 Jan 1991 [ w/o] 81717 81- 0717 USAF 171 FIS F-16A Block 15 E ADF Details
Crashed near Fairhaven, Michigan after suffering an engine stall. The pilot ejected safely.
Unknown [ pre] 81723 81- 0723 USAF 186 FS F-16A Block 15 E ADF Details
The aircraft broke its 357 bulkhead at CFB Cold Lake on a training mission. It was deemed a write-off by depot, mainly by the age of the airframe and the fact that the ADF's were soon to be withdrawn from use anyway.
15 Dec 1982 [ w/o] 81724 81- 0724 USAF 35 TFS F-16A Block 15 E 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 15 E 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 15 F 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.
26 Apr 1986 [ w/o] 81747 81- 0747 USAF 421 TFS F-16A Block 15 F 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 15 F Details
Crashed onto the Utah Test & Training Range killing pilot, First Lieutenant S. Brad Peale. The aircraft suffered a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).
01 Apr 1991 [ w/o] 81758 81- 0758 USAF 119 FIS F-16A Block 15 F 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 15 G 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 and consequently the aircraft crashed near Jacksonville, Florida.

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Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [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
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Errors and Omissions

Mar 04, 2022 - 09:51 AM
F-16 CRASH

I couldn't find the Edwards AFB crash of 2001 in this list. I was trying to find what tail number it was.


Mar 04, 2024 - 06:45 AM
Jan 82

Some time in the 80s a f16 landing at nellis missed the the arresting Hook and went thru the barrier at end of runway and came to rest in 3 pieces on the golf course

Pilot was cut out of cockpit and walked away





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