F-16 Aircraft Database

Aircraft crashed for the second time and was rebuilt again, and was called "Twice as Nice" from then on. Cause of mishap was a stuck throttle cable at 70% power. Incident happened at MacDill and the pilot landed the aircraft then ejected when he couldn't stop it. It then went off the end of the runway.

Pilot Captain Larry D. Oswitz ejected safely and the aircraft hit the water near Hashinoe, Japan. Cause of crash was failure of the high pressure turbine. The crash happened while the 432nd TFW was converting to the F-16C/D. As aircraft 85-1432 had been marked 432 TFW aircraft 83-1115 had it's Wing King markings removed to prevent any confusing between the two aircraft. The tail was salvaged from the ocean and later used for BDR training.

Shot down by Wing Commander Amjad Javed - mistakenly shooting down his wingman. Flight Lieutenant Shahid Sikandar Khan ejected safely.

The aircraft suffered from a stuck throttle incident. The stabs jumped during touchdown just as the engine flamed out. The aircraft went about 300 feet in the air and landed to the right of the runway. The pilot ejected safely.

Flew into the ground at Weselberg, Germany killing the pilot, 1st Lieutenant John Holmberg. This was near Ramstein AB.

Collided with F-16A (82-0912) over Indian Springs, Nevada. Captain Alexander Rupp was sadly killed in the mishap.

Collided with F-16A (80-0597) over Indian Springs, Nevada killing Major Michael J. Lotti.

Crashed somewhere in Jordan.

Hit the ground near Metz, France shortly after the two man crew ejected.

Destroyed near Kleine Brogel, Belgium. Captain William Drieskens was killed in the accident. During a nightflight, while participating in exercise 'Cold Fire 87' the pilot notices a serious defect on the tailplanes. During the emergency landing at Kleine Brogel the pilot looses control and crashed.

Crashed near Froya, Norway. The pilot ejected safely.

Crashed between Gunzenhausen and Pleinfeld, Germany after an engine failure. The pilot ejected safely.

Collided with F-16A (FA-52, 80-3543) 30 km South-west of Limoges, France. The pilot, Captain Danny Faye, managed to make an emergency landing at Limoges. Aircraft was repaired

Collided with F-16A (FA-31, 78-0146) 30 km South-west of Limoges, France. For Slt. Albert Jonnart the collision was fatal. The tail section was ripped off and the aircraft automatically climbed to 5,000 ft. Did the pilot try to eject? Fact is that the ejection seat was activated upon impact with the ground and only at that moment the pilot was seperated from his seat. The pilot of the other aicraft, Danny Faye, managed to make an emergency landing at Limoges.