F-16 Aircraft Database
F-16 Accident Reports for 2006
Found 33 aircraft, displaying 31- 33 [Sorted by Date]
Date | Status | Local S/N | Aircraft | AF/Unit | Version | Info | Details | ||
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Dec 2006 | [ act] | 89001 | 89- 2001 | USAF 555 FS | F-16C Block 40 E | Details | |||
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04 Dec 2006 | [ i/a] | 81817 | 81- 0817 | F-16B Block 15 F ADF | Details | ||||
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04 Dec 2006 | [ w/o] | 84319 | 84- 1319 | USAF 62 FS | F-16D Block 25 C | News Article | Details | ||
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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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The account indicates it was just the USCG who rescued the pilot. The following taken from the US Navy's History Command's website indicates the USS Klakring (FFG 42) was instrumental:
At 1802 on 5 April 2006, Klakring received a distress call over bridge-to-bridge radio concerning a USAF General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon, flown by Capt. Craig T. Schultz, USAF, of the 55th Fighter Squadron, that crashed into the sea. Five to six foot swells rolled in the area, which the original report placed about 40 nautical miles east of Winyah Bay, S.C. Klakring immediately increased her speed and reached the area within the hour. Comdr. Lovell ordered all available crewmembers topside to assist in the search, and Coast Guard D6553, an Aérospatiale HH-65A Dolphin flying from CGAS Charleston, dropped two flares to direct the lookouts.
Seaman Leland Powell spotted Schultz in the water off Klakring’s bow at 33°07'2"N, 078°16'9"W at 1920. Three minutes later, the ship lowered her RHIB, commanded by Lt. Comdr. Edward Gettins, the frigate’s executive officer, and provided the location of the pilot to the Coast Guard. D6553 dropped a SAR swimmer, who assessed Schultz’s condition. Three SAR swimmers from the RHIB, Internal Communications Electrician 1st Class Jeffery Clayton, Gas Turbine Systems Technician-Mechanical 3d Class Thomas Hobbs, and Seaman Joel Wells, dove into the sea and secured the pilot to a stretcher. During his ejection, Schultz suffered compound fractures to both legs, a broken right arm and wrist, multiple lacerations, and hypothermia—the injuries precluded the Dolphin from hosting him aloft. The RHIB therefore returned the man to Klakring, where the ship’s medical team stabilized him. A Coast Guard helo then transported Schultz to the Medical University of South Carolina at Charleston, where he recovered following emergency surgery.
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/k/klakring-ffg-42-1982-1990/klakring-ffg-42-2004-2013.html
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Steve Thomas
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