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F-16 Airframe Details for 78-0046

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Aircraft Profile

USAF FY/N: 78-0046
[No photo available] Submit a photo	LM Aero T/V	61-42
	Plant	General Dynamics
	Local C/N
	Delivered	USAF 78046 F-16A Block 5
	Current	USAF 78046 F-16A Block 5
	Status	[w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date

Status

Local S/N

Airforce/Unit

Version

Name

Info

08 Jan 1980

[act]

78046

F-16A Block 5

09 Jan 1980

[act]

78046

388 TFW 'HL'

F-16A Block 5

05 Aug 1981

[msh]

78046

388 TFW 'HL'

F-16A Block 5

Comments:
Crashed in the Utah Test & Training Range, killing the pilot, Captain J. Edgington Moats. All USAF F-16's were grounded two days later. It was the F-16's second grounding. Cause of accident was a malfunctioning bleed air valve which allowed bleed air to leak out onto the EPU, causing an electrical surge that shut down the flight control computer

05 Aug 1981

[w/o]

78046

388 TFW 'HL'

F-16A Block 5

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Abbreviations and symbols:

[act]	Active	[msh]	Involved in Mishap	[sto]	Stored (e.g. at AMARC)
[cld]	Cancelled order	[o/o]	On Order	T/V	LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb]	Embargoed	[pre]	Preserved (museum, gateguard)	[w/o]	Write-off
[i/a]	Instructional Airframe	[scr]	Scrapped		Photo Available

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