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F-16 Accidents & Mishaps for the United States Air Force



Found 418 F-16s, displaying 286-300 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N FY/n AF/Unit Version Info Details
22 Apr 1998 [w/o] 88473 88-0473 USAF 188 FS F-16C Block 40C News Article Details
Crashed 70 miles southeast of Albuquerque, New Mexico at White Sands Missile Range while on a training mission. The pilot, 2nd Lt. Patrick J. "Sherman" Potter, was killed in the mishap.
13 May 1998 [w/o] 85550 85-1550 USAF 174 FS F-16C Block 30B News Article Details
Crashed at 10:30 hours seven miles south of Ainsworth, Nebraska near Johnston. The aircraft was on a two ship training mission from its home base Sioux City, Iowa. Cause of the crash was due to the F-16 flying through a flock of birds. A minimum of five American White Pelicans struck the aircraft. Damage to the structure, windscreen and ingestion into the engine brought the aircraft down onto hilly grasslands. The pilot ejected but was injured hitting the birds during the ejection.
19 Jun 1998 [w/o] 90798 90-0798 USAF 68 FS F-16D Block 40K Details
Skidded off the runway and burned out during take-off on a post maintenance test flight. The AOA probe was installed backwards. As soon as the aircraft broke ground the aircraft porpoised up and down the runway. Faulty instrument readings gave the wrong angle of attack to the computer. Air data inputs are used to automatically schedule the leading edge flaps and the AOA limiting is in effect. The pilot, Captain Bryan Nordhelm, managed to eject safely. The pilot attempted to correct the bad data but the computer would not respond. The mishap occurred at Hill AFB, but the aircraft is normally operated by the 347th Wing at Moody AFB, Georgia. It was being worked on for NIVIS lighting upgrade before the CCIP package had been released.
22 Jul 1998 [w/o] 91397 91-0397 USAF 78 FS F-16C Block 50D News Article Details
Crashed 19 kilometres off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The F-16 was in a simulated air-to-air combat training exercise from Shaw AFB. The pilot, Captain James Sevick, ejected safely and was subsequently rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter. In August the wreckage of the aircraft was recovered from a depth of fifty feet. Cause of the crash was a faulty bearing in the engine which controls airflow. The result was low thrust and inability to retain altitude. Wreckage kept at Shaw AFB.
24 Jul 1998 [w/o] 90804 90-0804 USAF 14 FS F-16C Block 50 News Article Details
Unable to become airborne at 09:05 hours, the aircraft ran into the localiser antenna array at the east end of Misawa AB’s runway. The pilot, First Lieutenant Brice Simpson ejected, but landed in the flaming wreckage of the air plane, suffering serious burns. On September 17, the pilot died due to his injuries at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. The aircraft was based in Japan. The pilot aborted takeoff, but was unaware of the SAFE-BAR system which could have been deployed and caught by an aircraft’s dropped tail hook. It was never known why the pilot aborted the takeoff.
24 Aug 1998 [w/o] 88519 88-0519 USAF 36 FS F-16C Block 40D Details
Crashed into the sea at 18:15 hours about one mile off the coast from Kangnung, South Korea. The aircraft was on a routine training flight. Pilot, Captain David W. Murphy, ejected safely. The aircraft suffered an engine burn through.
01 Sep 1998 [w/o] 86324 86-0324 USAF 523 FS F-16C Block 30E News Article Details
Crashed at 9:13 hours, 30 miles southwest of Fort Sumner in the eastern portion of New Mexico. The pilot, Major Kevin Frisbie, was severely injured in the ejection. He was treated at the University Hospital, Albuquerque. Cause of the crash was the pilot having gravity-induced loss of consciousness after preforming a high-g manoeuvre of 6.4 g’s. Frisbie was unconscious for about ten seconds. When he woke he was 70 degrees nose down 5,000 feet altitude and at a speed of 575 knots (1,065 km/h). He attempted to pull out of the dive, but at 300 feet ejected. The pilot knew about the g-suit malfunction prior to flight during his checks. He was cleared to take it as is with a g-limit restriction. His parachute also did not open fully before he impacted the ground causing multiple breaks to both hips and legs. It was over 4 to 6 months until he was around on crutches.
12 Sep 1998 [w/o] 86040 86-0040 USAF 302 FS F-16D Block 32C News Article Details
Crashed onto the Avon Park Range about 50 miles south of Orlando, Florida. The aircraft was in a four ship formation on a gunnery training mission from Homestead Air Reserve Station. The pilot, Capt. Thomas M. Carr, was killed in the mishap, and no one was in the backseat. Cause of the crash was human error, with improper distance with the other aircraft in the formation. Aircraft was on loan to the 93rd FS at the time of loss.
22 Oct 1998 [w/o] 88414 88-0414 USAF 310 FS F-16C Block 42B Details
Crashed about 13:00 hours, ten miles north of Luke AFB. The pilot was on a routine air-to-air training mission. The crash was the result of a mid-air collision in which the other aircraft landed safely. The pilot ejected safely. The cause was pilot error due to improper rejoin procedure.
09 Nov 1998 [w/o] 88450 88-0450 USAF 421 FS F-16C Block 40C News Article Details
Lost at 15:00 hours in the northern part of the Utah Test and Training Range, about 65 miles west of Hill AFB. The mishap occurred when the aircraft was performing basic fighter manoeuvres. Bad weather slowed search efforts, but is most likely not a factor as it would have been above the weather. The pilot, Major Gregory C. Martineac, did not eject, and was killed. The aircraft was found laying in four feet of mud. Crash probably caused by G-induced loss of consiousness.
17 Nov 1998 [w/o] 85489 85-1489 USAF 113 FS F-16C Block 30B News Article Details
Crashed 70 miles southeast of Indianapolis, Indiana on the north side of the Jefferson Proving Grounds. The aircraft was from the Indiana Air National Guard at Terre Haute. First Lieutenant Chris Snyder was able to eject safely. The mishap occurred at about 14:40 hours. Cause was found to be engine failure.
19 Nov 1998 [w/o] 93538 93-0538 USAF 55 FS F-16C Block 50Q News Article Details
Commander of the 55th Fighter Squadron ejected from this F-16 at Shaw AFB, South Carolina. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Harvey survived the ejection which occurred about 15:00 hours. The pilot ejected under a minute after takeoff. Cause of the crash was due to engine fuel control problems from a faulty AC generator which gave wrong signals to the Digital Engine Control (DEC). Just after the pilot left the aircraft, the engine regained power and flew for an additional thirty seconds before impacting the ground two miles from the end of the runway.
04 Dec 1998 [w/o] 87389 87-0389 USAF 522 FS F-16D Block 30J News Article Details
Crashed 30 miles south of Fort Summer, New Mexico. The pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Randel Meyer, and the passenger, Senior Airman Hugo Serrano-Molina, both ejected safely, but with Hugo breaking his ankle. The aircraft was on an incentive flight as a reward for Hugo. The aircraft was based at Cannon AFB, New Mexico. Cause of the crash was engine failure. This F-16 had been involved in a collision on the runway on January 26th, 1994 at Wright Patterson AFB.
15 Dec 1998 [w/o] 84314 84-1314 USAF 61 FS F-16C Block 25E Details
Major Will Sparrow ejected at 15:30 hours over the Barry M. Goldwater range about 40 miles west of Gila Bend, Arizona. The pilot, who was on a training mission, ejected safely.
07 Jan 1999 [w/o] 88154 88-0154 USAF 310 FS F-16D Block 42A Details
Crashed shortly after take-off from Luke AFB, Arizona. The pilot, Captain Julian Chestnut, and back seater, Captain Brian Egger, who was the instructor, ejected safely. One of the wing fuel tank external stores hit a pickup truck injuring the driver. The incident occurred at 13:00 hours and about one and a half miles north of the base.

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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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