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F-16 Accidents & Mishaps for the Turkish Air Force

F-16 Aircraft Database

F-16 Accidents & Mishaps for the Turkish Air Force







Found 23 aircraft, displaying 1-15 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
05 Jul 1991 [w/o] 86-0067 86-0067 TUAF 143 Filo F-16C Block 30 Details
Went down near Dinar, Turkey killing the pilot, Capt. Muzaffer Garip.
03 Mar 2005 [w/o] 86-0191 86-0191 TUAF 143 Filo F-16D Block 30 News Article Details
The aircraft crashed at 6:30 hours over rugged terrain in Yenice. The two pilots, Captain Fatih Devravut and Lieutenant Fatih Keskin, where killed in this accident. The aircraft took off from Akinci AB (Murted) in the morning for a training flight when it disappeared from radar screens.
25 Jun 1992 [w/o] 87-0012 87-0012 TUAF 143 Filo F-16C Block 30 Details
07 May 1991 [w/o] 88-0022 88-0022 TUAF 142 Filo F-16C Block 30 Details
Crashed because of an engine failure. The engine went to SEC mode during a ground attack training and the pilot consequently declared an emergency and tried to return to the base. Unfurtunately, 400 to 500 feet from the runway he had to eject
11 Oct 1995 [w/o] 88-0023 88-0023 TUAF 143 Filo F-16C Block 30 Details
28 Apr 1993 [w/o] 89-0029 89-0029 TUAF 141 Filo F-16C Block 40 Details
29 Sep 1995 [w/o] 89-0033 89-0033 TUAF 141 Filo F-16C Block 40 Details
Some sources have this aircraft operated with 143 Filo at the time of the accident. More info?
24 May 2000 [w/o] 89-0039 89-0039 TUAF 162 Filo F-16C Block 40 Details
Crashed near Buçak after being struck by lightning. The pilot, Capt. Askin Sezer, ejected safely.
01 Apr 1993 [w/o] 90-0002 90-0002 TUAF 162 Filo F-16C Block 40 Details
The aircraft crashed near Sahinburgaz, Turkey killing the pilot, 1st Lieutenant Huseyin Yenturk.
22 Nov 1994 [w/o] 90-0003 90-0003 TUAF 192 Filo F-16C Block 40 Details
Flew into the water of Lake Manjas, Turkey killing the pilot, Captain Oktay Gungordu.
22 Dec 2003 [w/o] 90-0015 90-0015 TUAF 161 Filo F-16C Block 40 News Article Details
The plane crashed near Bandirma in the Balikesir province (Marmara Region). The pilot, Ferhat Yildirim, ejected safely but suffered some injuries. The General Staff confirmed that the F-16 went down due to a technical failure.
03 Jan 1994 [w/o] 91-0009 91-0009 TUAF 192 Filo F-16C Block 40 Details
Impacted the ground near Bursa, Turkey killing the pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Unal Aksoy.
22 May 2007 [w/o] 91-0019 91-0019 TUAF 182 Filo F-16C Block 40 News Article Details
The aircraft crashed near Altinapa Dam of Muhsine village. About 5-10 minutes after it took off from the 3rd Main Jet Base in the province, the jet went into secondary engine control (SEC) mode. While gaining altitude and heading back to the base, a flameout occurred. The pilot tried to restart the engine twice but to no avail. Captain Ilker Ozdil, age 34, ejected 15 nautical miles from the base. He was slightly injured and taken to Meram Medical Faculty Hospital of Selcuk University by helicopter for treatment.
08 Feb 1995 [w/o] 91-0021 91-0021 TUAF 192 Filo F-16C Block 40 Details
Pilot ejected safely from crashing air plane after being pursued by two Greek Mirage F-1's over the Aegean Sea. The cause was found to be failure of the formation leader and the pilot of the crashed aircraft to check their remaining fuel under pressure after interception by the F-1's. The pilot did not notice the engine was receiving fuel from internal tanks only and did not activate the reserve fuel transfer system. As a result, when the internal tanks ran dry the engine cut and the aircraft lost altitude. The pilot ejected a few hundred feet above the sea
08 Oct 1996 [w/o] 91-0023 91-0023 TUAF 192 Filo F-16D Block 40 News Article Details
Crashed into the Aegean Sea nine miles off the island of Chios during a routine flight. It was part of a flight of four F-4's and two F-16's. Just prior to the mishap two Mirage 2000's intercepted them. One of two person crew was rescued but the other is missing. According to an official report, the TUAF formation had illegaly violated Hellenic airspace and so was intercepted by 2 HAF Mirage 2000EG (331sqn, 114FW, Tanagra AB). The 2 TUAF F-16s evidently denied to comply and started agressive maneuvers against the HAF Mirage 2000EG. During the engagment that followed, one of the HAF Mirage 2000EG (piloted by Lt. Grivas) fired a Magic IR missile. As a result a TUAF F-16D (#91-0023) was shot down. Immediately the second TUAF F-16 paused the engagment and escaped to the east in order to return to international air space. The first pilot (Capt. Nail Erdogan) was killed while the second pilot (Lt. Col. Osman Cıceklı) ejected safely. The downed pilot was rescued 30 min. after shot down by a HAF AB-205 SAR helo (from 358th search and rescue squadron). The pilot received immediate medical care and returned a few days later to Turkey with a HAF C-130 flight. At first the incident was kept secret for obvious purposes and both countries (Greece and Turkey) officialy adopted a mechanical failure as the main cause of the accident. In 2003 the Greek Minister of Defence, Mr. Giannos Papantoniou, stated in public that the incident of Oct. 8th, 1996, that led to the loss of the TUAF F-16D was a result of the immediate action that was taken by HAF fighters during an interception against TUAF fighters violating Greek airspace.

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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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Errors and Omissions
Bjorn
Dec 22, 2005 - 08:26 PM
Editors note: More info.
  • 05/24/2000: Crashed in the viscinity of Bucak. This aircraft belonged to 6 AJÜ

Jun 03, 2007 - 07:29 PM
Oct 16, 2006

Crashed Oct 16, 2006 F-16C near Bitlis, Turkey. 1st Lt.Bahadir Sahin killed

Bjorn
Jun 25, 2007 - 06:23 PM
05/23/2006

Crash of an unknown Turkish viper.

http://www.f-16.net/news_article1809.html


Sep 24, 2007 - 04:18 PM
27.06.2001

06/27/2001: Crash of a 143sqd F-16C B30 E (88-0029) (Oncel filo/Akinci) near Ankara. Ejected safely.

Levent OZGUL


Sep 24, 2007 - 04:22 PM
23.05.2006

05/23/2006: Crash of a 192sqd F-16C B50 R (93-0684) (Kaplan filo/Balikesir) over Aegean Sea -near Kerpe- due to collision with a Greek F-16 B50+. Ejected safely.

Levent OZGUL

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