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24 aircraft, displaying
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Date]
Date |
Status |
Local S/N |
Aircraft |
AF/Unit |
Version |
Info |
Details |
18 Feb 1987 |
[
act] |
79377 |
79-
0377
|
USAF 63 TFTS |
F-16A
Block
10
A
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Details
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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.
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22 Mar 1987 |
[
w/o] |
83115 |
83-
1115
|
USAF 13 TFS |
F-16A
Block
15
S
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Details
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Pilot Captain Larry C. Owsowitz ejected safely and the aircraft hit the water 30 nm East of Hachinohe, Japan. Cause of crash was failure of the high pressure turbine.
"The cause of the crash was a failure of a spacer between the 13th stage rotor and stator at military power. The 13th stage rotor subsequently failed and punctured the engine case in several places. I attempted 3 restarts that were unsuccessful for obvious reasons." - Larry C. Owsowitz, Lt.Col. (ret)
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.
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29 Apr 1987 |
[
w/o] |
85720 |
81-
0918
|
PAF 14 sqn |
F-16A
Block
15
S
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Details
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Shot down by Wing Commander Amjad Javed - mistakenly shooting down his wingman. Flight Lieutenant Shahid Sikandar Khan ejected safely.
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21 May 1987 |
[
w/o] |
9316 |
81-
0653
|
EAF 232 TFB |
F-16A
Block
15
F
|
|
Details
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19 Jun 1987 |
[
act] |
689 |
80-
3689
|
RNoAF 331 skv |
F-16B
Block
15
|
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Details
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Suffered a landing accident at Beauvechain AB when the nose gear couldn't extend due to a wrongly installed travel pod.
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22 Jun 1987 |
[
w/o] |
79385 |
79-
0385
|
USAF 56 TTW |
F-16A
Block
10
A
|
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Details
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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.
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23 Jun 1987 |
[
w/o] |
85424 |
85-
1424
|
USAF 526 TFS |
F-16C
Block
30
|
|
Details
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Flew into the ground at Weselberg, Germany killing the pilot, 1st Lieutenant John Holmberg. This was near Ramstein AB.
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24 Jul 1987 |
[
w/o] |
80597 |
80-
0597
|
USAF FWS |
F-16A
Block
15
B
|
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Details
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Collided with F-16A (82-0912) over Indian Springs, Nevada. Captain Alexander Rupp was sadly killed in the mishap.
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24 Jul 1987 |
[
w/o] |
82912 |
82-
0912
|
USAF FWS |
F-16A
Block
15
J
|
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Details
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Collided with F-16A (80-0597) over Indian Springs, Nevada killing Major Michael J. Lotti.
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25 Jul 1987 |
[
w/o] |
83149 |
83-
1149
|
USAF 33 TFS |
F-16C
Block
25
B
|
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Details
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Crashed somewhere in Jordan.
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27 Aug 1987 |
[
w/o] |
85517 |
85-
1517
|
USAF 526 TFS |
F-16D
Block
30
A
|
|
Details
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Hit the ground near Metz, France shortly after the two man crew ejected.
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14 Sep 1987 |
[
w/o] |
FA-63 |
80-
3554
|
BAF 23 sqn |
F-16A
Block
15
F
|
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Details
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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.
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15 Sep 1987 |
[
w/o] |
290 |
78-
0290
|
RNoAF 338 skv |
F-16A
Block
10
A
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Details
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Crashed near Froya, Norway. The pilot ejected safely.
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16 Sep 1987 |
[
w/o] |
85399 |
85-
1399
|
USAF 10 TFS |
F-16C
Block
25
F
|
|
Details
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Crashed between Gunzenhausen and Pleinfeld, Germany after an engine failure. The pilot ejected safely.
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19 Sep 1987 |
[
act] |
FA-31 |
78-
0146
|
|
F-16A
Block
10
A
|
|
Details
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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
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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 |
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[des] |
Destroyed (drone) |
[pre] |
Preserved (museum, gateguard) |
T/V |
LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number |
[emb] |
Embargoed |
[scr] |
Scrapped |
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