F-16 Aircraft Database

Crashed at 19:10 hours at about 9 miles off the coast of Trapani. The pilot, Captain Giuseppe Morana, ejected safely and was rescued by helicopter. The aircraft had a main generator failure and the power in the battery to fire the EPU was too low.

The aircraft crashed in collision with F-16A (MM7246) into sea about 5 miles from Capo Ferrato in Sardinia. Both pilots, Pier Francisco Grassi (29) and Fabio De Luca (30), have managed to eject safely from their jets. The causes of the incident are still under investigation. The hypothesis of an in flight collision of the jets is however most likely at the moment.

The aircraft crashed in collision with F-16A (MM7263) into sea about 5 miles from Capo Ferrato in Sardinia. Both pilots, Pier Francisco Grassi (29) and Fabio De Luca (30), have managed to eject safely from their jets. The causes of the incident are still under investigation. The hypothesis of an in flight collision of the jets is however most likely at the moment.

The incident occurred at 14.50h local. The F-16 was on landing approach to the base when it sustained a bird strike which resulted in the jet crashing within the airfield boundaries, 50 meters from the runway. The pilot, Captain Moris Ghiadoni, 33 years old from Belgioioso (Pavia) was taken to military hospital for medical observation.

Crashed into the sea at 20:00h off the coast of Sicily in between the islands of Levanzo & Marettimo during a night training exercise. The pilot, commander Maurizio De Angelis, ejected safely sustaining limited injuries.