| Date |
Status |
Local S/N |
FY/n |
AF/Unit |
Version |
Info |
Details |
| 19 May 1993 |
[i/a] |
80535 |
80-0535 |
 89 FS |
F-16A Block 10D |
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Details
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Written off at Wright-Patterson AFB for unknown reasons. It was then used for Aircraft Battle Damage Repair Training (BDRT), even after the squadron exchanged the type for C-141's.
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| 24 May 1993 |
[w/o] |
90832 |
90-0832 |
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F-16C Block 50B |
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Details
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First pre-delivery crash (company acceptance flight). The pilot attempted a split-S at 2,100 feet and was forced to eject at only 680 ft with his nose 40° low. The pilot (LMTAS senior experimental test pilot), Joe Bill Dryden, was killed. The aircraft crashed 20 miles west of Fort Worth near Mineral Wells, Texas. Bill was unable to separate from the ejection seat before impacting
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| 23 Jun 1993 |
[act] |
82916 |
82-0916 |
169 FS |
F-16A Block 15J ADF |
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Details
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Mid-air collision with F-16B (82-1042) during a training sortie. The aircraft landed safely.
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| 23 Jun 1993 |
[w/o] |
82042 |
82-1042 |
169 FS |
F-16B Block 15N ADF |
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Details
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Crashed at Peoria, Illinois due to a mid-air collision with F-16A (82-0916) during a training sortie. The F-16A came up from below and impacted the F-16B. The crew ejected with only minor injuries while the F-16A landed safely
Some sources have this aircraft flying with the 170th FS at that time, but it was the 169th FS.
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| 27 Jul 1993 |
[w/o] |
86275 |
86-0275 |
35 FS |
F-16C Block 30D |
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Details
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In poor weather this F-16 landed on top of F-16C (87-0335) which was trying to take off . Pilot Lt. Col. Ralph Earl "Bark" Gardner who had just arrived at Kunsan AB, Korea from MacDill AFB was killed. The 56th FW which was closing down had just enough aircraft to fly for his memorial.
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| 27 Jul 1993 |
[w/o] |
87335 |
87-0335 |
35 FS |
F-16C Block 30J |
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Details
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Was preparing for take off when F-16C (86-0275) landed on top of it. One of the pilots, Lt. Col. Ralph Earl "Bark" Gardner who had just arrived at Kunsan AB, Korea from MacDill AFB was killed. The 56th FW which was closing down had just enough aircraft to fly for his memorial.
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| 10 Aug 1993 |
[w/o] |
86250 |
86-0250 |
414 CTS |
F-16C Block 32C |
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Details
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Wore the Su-27 colour scheme and numbered '50' at the time of the mishap. The pilot, Captain James Reynolds, did not survive this crash.
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| 11 Aug 1993 |
[w/o] |
86343 |
86-0343 |
23 FS |
F-16C Block 30E |
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Details
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Flew into the Adriatic Sea. The pilot had ejected safely
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| 27 Aug 1993 |
[w/o] |
82990 |
82-0990 |
134 FS |
F-16A Block 15N ADF |
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Details
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Crashed at the Cape May County Airport, New Jersey (Vermont?). The aircraft was owned by the Vermont ANG
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| 11 Sep 1993 |
[w/o] |
81779 |
81-0779 |
169 FS |
F-16A Block 15G ADF |
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Details
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Belonged to the Illinois ANG. The aircraft was completely destroyed in a crash. It impacted the desert in the Nellis range, Nevada
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| 27 Sep 1993 |
[w/o] |
86253 |
86-0253 |
302 FS |
F-16C Block 32C |
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Details
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Collided at Gila Bend, Arizona with another F-16 which landed safely.
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| 08 Oct 1993 |
[w/o] |
91350 |
91-0350 |
23 FS |
F-16C Block 50C |
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Details
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The aircraft crashed at 1830 hours on a delivery flight at Remsen, near Griffiss AFB, New York. Air Force investigators have concluded that night fog and a blown fuse in instruments that receive landing information were the cause of the crash. Pilot ejected safely. The F-16 cut a 1,000-foot swath through the trees off Joslyn Road before coming to rest in a fiery heap 500 feet from the home of Nick and Diane Polce. The aircraft was being delivered from Fort Worth, Texas to the 23rd FS in Spangdahlem AB, Germany.
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| 08 Nov 1993 |
[w/o] |
88448 |
88-0448 |
57 FW |
F-16C Block 42C |
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Details
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The pilot, Captain John M. Barelka, died in this crash.
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| 09 Nov 1993 |
[w/o] |
86325 |
86-0325 |
120 FS |
F-16C Block 30E |
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Details
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Went down near Laramie, Wyoming. The pilot was Lt. Julian Clay. Probable cause was an engine failure.
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| 29 Nov 1993 |
[w/o] |
81770 |
81-0770 |
114 FS |
F-16A Block 15G ADF |
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Details
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Lost near Tulelake, California. The pilot, 1st Lieutenant Stephen Taylor, a student pilot from the Vermont ANG, died in the crash
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