F-16BM #J-068 crash at Volkel AB

freezo · by **freezo** » 21 Sep 2006, 16:26

Today the F-16BM with s/n J-068 crashed at Volkel AFB Netherlands after an touch and go, the plane got hit by a bird, which resulted in a engine stall. Both pilots ejected safely but the plane came don between some shelters at the base.

Link: <a href="news_article1987.html">Dutch F-16BM #J-068 crashes at Volkel AB</a>

Patriot · by **Patriot** » 21 Sep 2006, 16:49

Damn... another one went down :cry:

Cash · by **Cash** » 21 Sep 2006, 18:29

Pictures of the crash can be seen at http://www.sgniederrhein.eu/news/nieuws722.html and at http://www.milspotters.nl/index.php?pagina=nieuws36

Meathook · by **Meathook** » 21 Sep 2006, 20:52

Very lucky no one on the ground was hurt or killed too...take every blessing as they come, a few showed up today huh!

Driver · by **Driver** » 22 Sep 2006, 12:32

The F-16s need to get replaced... They're getting tooo old...

TJSmitty · by **TJSmitty** » 22 Sep 2006, 13:29

Driver wrote:The F-16s need to get replaced... They're getting tooo old...

What does the age of the aircraft have to do with a birdstrike??? I'm pretty sure the results would have been the same regardless of the number of hours on the jet....

Smitty

habu2 · by **habu2** » 22 Sep 2006, 15:10

Driver wrote:The F-16s need to get replaced... They're getting tooo old...

rrrrightttt... let's replace them with B-52s..... :roll:

akruse21 · by **akruse21** » 22 Sep 2006, 16:38

Pictures:

George111 · by **George111** » 22 Sep 2006, 16:52

That was close! As Meathook said, I am glad everybody is ok.
Some pictures, huh

seat_dreamer · by **seat_dreamer** » 22 Sep 2006, 20:01

The smoke on the right at the first pic, what is it ? Result of engine + poultry ? :shock:

2sBlind · by **2sBlind** » 22 Sep 2006, 20:06

Looks like their pubs too, probably the smoke from the seats

Meathook · by **Meathook** » 22 Sep 2006, 20:54

Time for a Beer to toast their luck and that of those on the ground that live and fight another day. :cheers:

Amazing photos, good job to the person that caught that rare event on camera.

Driver · by **Driver** » 24 Sep 2006, 20:23

TJSmitty wrote:
Driver wrote:The F-16s need to get replaced... They're getting tooo old...

What does the age of the aircraft have to do with a birdstrike??? I'm pretty sure the results would have been the same regardless of the number of hours on the jet....

Smitty

True Im just saying that lately fatal malfunctions are happening allot (and I dont count a birdstrike as a malfunction). I just took this as an oppertunity to say it. It's taking more and more maintanance time for every hour of flight.

Driver · by **Driver** » 24 Sep 2006, 20:24

habu2 wrote:
Driver wrote:The F-16s need to get replaced... They're getting tooo old...

rrrrightttt... let's replace them with B-52s.....

No the F-35 needs to get itself working

Expected production jumped up 5 years in the past... I expect more delays

.

Meathook · by **Meathook** » 26 Oct 2006, 17:03

I know this was posted already, I forgot when but someone sent me these today...I think you guys saw this already, if so...Oh well

This accident happened at Volkel Air Base in The Netherlands on September 22nd. The jet was an Dutch Air Force F-16B (a two seater). As the two pilots were taking off from a touch-and-go, a bird was sucked into the jet engine.

The engine stalled, and the pilots tried to turn the jet around and get back on the ground, however, they lost control of the jet and ejected safely. Then, the abandoned jet veered towards the control tower and missed it by less than 3 meters.

The plane hit the ground, then bounced over a Dutch Security vehicle and then crashed into a Protected Aircraft Shelter (PAS). The PAS has walls nearly 2 feet thick of reinforced concrete. That was fortunate, since there was another F-16 inside the PAS along with maintenance personnel.

Luckily, no one was injured in this accident. Plane spotters near the end of the runway took the pictures of the pilots ejecting and the jet passing the control tower. The two pictures of the wreckage were released by the Royal Netherlands Air Force.

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