F-16 Aircraft Database

The aircraft went down in the North Sea about 130 nautical miles north west of Texel, Netherlands. The aircraft was on a sortie from RAF Coningsby. The pilot, 1st Lieutenant Ed W. Gelens, was killed in the incident.

Crashed in southwest Asia, pilot rescued. It was a postwar loss. The aircraft suffered a complete electrical fall-out getting out of control.

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.

Crashed during training sortie, pilot ejected safely. The aircraft crashed 18 miles south east of Moody AFB (Haylow), Georgia.

Tire blew during takeoff causing aircraft to depart the runway. The right drop tank hit a runway light. Pilot ejected safely, but the aircraft burned up.

Lost due to bird strike of a turkey vulture near Fort Smith, Arkansas

Crashed because of an engine failure. The engine went to SEC mode during a ground attack training and the pilot consequently declared an emergency and tried to return to the base. Unfurtunately, 400 to 500 feet from the runway he had to eject

Crashed in Leftwich park after the pilot ejected safely. The site of the crash was 4 miles north of Misawa, Japan. Witness Acount: "The load crew that I was on was doing a FOD walk in front of D-13 or D-15 HAS when it was taking off for a night sortie during an exercise. We noticed sparks coming out of the engine and it slowed down and turned towards lake Ogawara. The pilot then ejected. The aircraft crashed in Leftwich park and took out part of the soft ball field. We were told that the engine came apart." Ultimately it was determined that the main fuel pump valve failed. All F-16 were grounded for 2 weeks and adjustments to this system made.