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F-16 Accident Reports for 2007

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Found 18 aircraft, displaying 16- 18 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
18 Sep 2007 [ w/o] 88529 88- 0529 USAF 510 FS F-16C Block 40 D News Article Details
The aircraft crashed on a routine training sortie out of Aviano AB in the early evening near the mountains of Belluno. The pilot, Maj. Timothy Palmer, ejected safely.
05 Nov 2007 [ w/o] MM7258 82- 0969 AMI 18 gruppo F-16A Block 15 M ADF News Article Details
The incident occurred at 14.50h local. The F-16 was on landing approach to the base when it sustained a bird strike which resulted in the jet crashing within the airfield boundaries, 50 meters from the runway. The pilot, Captain Moris Ghiadoni, 33 years old from Belgioioso (Pavia) was taken to military hospital for medical observation.
05 Dec 2007 [ w/o] 516 99- 1516 HAF 337 Mira F-16C Block 52 News Article Details
The jet participated in a nightly exercise in the Sporades archipelago with three other F-16s when it was lost by radars around 19.41h local time. Unfortunately the pilot, Flt. Lt. Athanasios Batsaras, 35 years, failed to eject. The cause of this fatal crash is still unknown but it is most likely to be attributed to spatial disorientation, more commonly known as pilots' vertigo.

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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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