I thot that was the bird that landed itself after the dweeb flying it punched at a very low altitude. He was trying to deadstick the thing on a dirt road after running outta gas. After checking the F-16.net aircraft history, seems it was another tail number.

The sucker continued down at 15 deg AoA or so (gear down max command, I recall). Hit, broke off one main gear and slithered to a stop. The embarrassed pilot claims to have looked at after doing his PLF and disconnecting the chute. Claims the strobe was still flashing and the EPU was still coughing - trying tom power the FLCS and electrics and hydraulics. Heh heh. We all got a kick outta that one. Dweeb was grounded, BTW. Had a previous incident of questionable airmanship and prolly shoulda been grounded then.

My understanding was Lowry restored the thing and used it for a maintenance trainer.

The lesson-learned from that incident and a later one was that if the only thing wrong was no motor, the the jet would almost land itself straight ahead. With no roll inputs on the stick, it would trim to max authority and stay pretty much wings level.

later,

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