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Aircraft History
Date
Status
Local S/N
Airforce/Unit
Version
Name
Info
24 May 1993
[msh]
90832
F-16C Block 50B
Comments: First pre-delivery crash (company acceptance flight). The pilot attempted a split-S at 2,100 feet and was forced to eject at only 680 ft with his nose 40° low. The pilot (LMTAS senior experimental test pilot), Joe Bill Dryden, was killed. The aircraft crashed 20 miles west of Fort Worth near Mineral Wells, Texas. Bill was unable to separate from the ejection seat before impacting
24 May 1993
[w/o]
90832
F-16C Block 50B
23 Aug 1993
[w/o]
90832
F-16C Block 50B
Comments: Aircraft delivery to USAF on this date occured on paper only