F-16 Accident Reports for 1995

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F-16 Accident Reports for 1995



Found 30 aircraft, displaying 28-30 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
22 Nov 1995 [w/o] 2179 82-1054 FAV Grupo 16 F-16B Block 15K Details
Crashed while performing an aerobatic display over the base at Maracay/Palo Negro for an air show. Both of the crew were killed. They were the first and second commanders of the squadron
28 Nov 1995 [w/o] 88426 88-0426 USAF 4 FS F-16C Block 40B Details
Crashed near the Dugway Proving Grounds, some 130 miles southwest of Hill AFB, Utah. The pilot, Captain Christopher Rappa, who was on a training mission ejected safely. The aircraft had just been transfered to the 4th FS from the 421st FS a few weeks earlier and new paint scheme applied. Cause of crash was simply a stall at 14,000 feet and aircraft pancaked onto the ground upside down. With no forward volocity at the time of impact, the crash site was little larger then the F-16 itself.
21 Dec 1995 [w/o] 84250 84-1250 USAF 62 FS F-16C Block 25D Details
The F-16 crashed at 10:20 hours after engine failure. The pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A. Abbott, ejected safely. The mishap took place on routine training mission about 12 miles southwest of Winslow, Arizona. Abbott was on temporary duty from Cannon AFB, New Mexico to Luke AFB.

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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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