F-16 Aircraft Database

Rolled off the end of the runway into the grass about 100 feet after making an emergency landing at Saipan international airport Tuesday morning due to "hydraulic issues" during Cope North 2012 exercise.

The aircraft crashed in a rice paddy near Kunsan AFB around noon. The pilot ejected safely.

Made a belly landing at Cerro Moreno AB around 13.00h local time after one of the landing gear failed to open upon landing. Both pilots were uninjured.

Crashed at the Utah Test and Training Range around 8:35 hours local time during an exercise. The pilot ejected safely. Investigation showed that an engine blade broke free and damaged the entire engine.

The F-16 crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of northern Japan. The pilot ejected and was rescued six hours later. AIB investigation shows that an uncommanded closure of the main fuel shutoff valve caused the engine to be starved of fuel.

The aircraft was practising touch and goes at Kleine Brogel AB around 15:10 local. After such a practising manouver the aircraft had just left the runway when the pilot, Lieutenant Jean Francois Van Cranem, called out a mayday and a report that he had been hit by birds (birdstrike). The tower reported three loud bangs and a fire erupting from the engine. The pilot ejected immediately and found himself hanging in a tree te be rescued by the fire department at 15:55 local, only sustaining minor injuries. The cause is still under investigiation, but we can fairly say this crash was caused by a birdstrike.

Series of pilot errors resulted in the loss of this F-16 to an inverted stall. The pilot ejected safely and no one on the ground was injured as it was in a remote area of California. According to the results of the accident investigation, the pilot failed to properly recover the aircraft from a high-pitch, low airspeed state, resulting in an inverted deep stall. In addition, the pilot failed to properly apply out-of-control recovery procedures and was unable to recover the aircraft before ejection.