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F-16 Accident Reports for 1982

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Found 23 aircraft, displaying 16- 23 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
08 Jun 1982 [ w/o] 79392 79- 0392 USAF 429 TFS F-16A Block 10 B Details
16 Jun 1982 [ w/o] 79378 79- 0378 USAF 429 TFS F-16A Block 10 A Details
06 Jul 1982 [ w/o] 80490 80- 0490 USAF 80 TFS F-16A Block 10 C Details
Went down near Chongju, South Korea killing Captain David Curtis Robinson.
08 Nov 1982 [ w/o] 79298 79- 0298 USAF 63 TFTS F-16A Block 10 Details
Crashed in Avon Park range, Florida during a night training mission killing Captain Francisco Pineiro, Jr. He was a flight instructor.
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".
01 Dec 1982 [ w/o] 80564 80- 0564 USAF 313 TFS F-16A Block 15 Details
Crashed 1.5 miles Northwest of Hahn AB. The pilot, First Lieutenant Rick French, ejected safely. That day the weather was unfavorable with a nasty crosswind over the base which had many other aircraft crabbing in on final. On finals to runway 04 the aircraft hit the approach lights of runway 22 stripping the gear in the process and consequently lost hydraulics. The computer took over and sent the aircraft into a maximum burner climb, looped and consequently crashed in the woods off base.
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 Dec 1982 [ w/o] 79343 79- 0343 USAF 428 TFS F-16A Block 10 Details
The crash occured somewhere over the Nevada desert.

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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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