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



Found 418 F-16s, displaying 316-330 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N FY/n AF/Unit Version Info Details
16 Feb 2000 [w/o] 90794 90-0794 USAF 68 FS F-16D Block 40J News Article Details
Crashed eight kilometres north of Donalsonville, Georgia while on a night goggle training mission out of Moody. The crew of two, Major Charles B. Kearney and First Lieutenant Christopher Hutchins, ejected safely and were picked up by 41st Rescue Squadron SH-60G’s. The cause of the accident turned out to be a failed high pressure turbine wheel that shelled in flight. The aircraft was lend to the 69 FS at the time of the accident.
19 Mar 2000 [w/o] 93534 93-0534 USAF 78 FS F-16C Block 50Q News Article Details
Impacted the ground coming out of a loop at the Kingsville air show in Texas. The aircraft was from Shaw AFB, South Carolina. Pilot, Major Brison Phillips, did not eject. Six minutes into the scripted airshow the pilot executed a double Immelman maneuver to 21 seconds inverted followed by a split S maneuver. The inverted maneuver was standard to maintain position with ground references and the show line. Due to strong winds and unfamiliar ground references, the pilot channelized his atention on the ground references and the show line but not at his power setting en 12° dive angle. Higher than normal power and the dive caused him to descend rapidly from 6,300 feet to 4,200 feet and accelerate from 132 knots to 444 knots. The pilot recognized this and pulled maximum G's but impacted the ground
16 Jun 2000 [w/o] 84311 84-1311 USAF 309 FS F-16C Block 25E News Article Details
First Lieutenant Doyle Pompa ejected safely at 7:45 hours. The location was fourteen miles southwest of Sells, Arizona on the Barry M. Goldwater range. The pilot was engaged in an air-to-air fighting training. It was later revealed that the student pilot without realizing, pulled the throttle into the cut-off location during the intensity of the exercise. An airstart was performed, but seemed unsuccessfull due to the pilot applying the Critical Action Procedures (CAPs) incorrectly. All Luke based F-16's were grounded as a result. The mishap was not a fleet wide problem, so flying resumed on June 20th.
21 Jun 2000 [w/o] 87357 87-0357 USAF 421 FS F-16C Block 40A News Article Details
Lost due to a bird strike over the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range, Alberta, Canada. The pilot, Captain Richard Pietrykowski, ejected with injuries to his face, a 417 Squadron CH-146 ‘415' picked him up. A Pelican hit the canopy creating a large hole which is what injured the pilot. This aircraft was participating in an exercise. The largest piece that was left was the gun fairing. The rest of the F-16 was underground in the muskeg (unfrozen tundra). The only access to the crash site was via helicopter. The ejection seat had bird guts all over it and a hole where a bear had bitten through the seat while licking off the guts. The canopy had pieces with feathers actually sticking out of it. In detail the pilot was messed up with air bubbles in his skin which resulted in temporary blindness and hearing loss. The F-16 impacted a pelican at 2,000 AGL at about 700 knots. This clipped the helmet straps off and destroyed the HUD & glareshields. The pilot ejected almost immediately with no time to slow down. Probably larger pieces of the aircraft will surface as the years go by and the ground freezes and thaws.
08 Aug 2000 [w/o] 88542 88-0542 USAF 422 TES F-16C Block 42D News Article Details
Mid-air collision with another F-16C (90-0809) from the same squadron. The pilot, Major David Kossler, was forced to eject. His aircraft impacted the side of Mormon Mountain. While the other aircraft, piloted by Major Brandon Sweat, landed safely with minor damage. It was about 17:00 hours near Morman Mesa, which is 50 miles northeast of Nellis. The aircraft were part of a four ship formation. The aircraft that survived the collision was repaired and first noticed in service by August 2001 at Nellis AFB as a detachment from Eglin AFB
08 Aug 2000 [act] 90809 90-0809 USAF 422 TES F-16C Block 52A AIB Report Details
Mid-air collision with another F-16C (88-0542) from the same squadron. The aircraft, piloted by Major Brandon Sweat, landed safely with minor damage. It was about 17:00 hours near Morman Mesa, which is 50 miles northeast of Nellis. The aircraft were part of a four ship formation. The aircraft was repaired and first noticed in service by August 2001 at Nellis AFB as a detachment from Eglin AFB.
28 Aug 2000 [w/o] 85456 85-1456 USAF 457 FS F-16C Block 30A News Article Details
Clipped the top of a barn before impacting a ploughed field. Pilot, Major Stephen W. Simmons, was buzzing his in-laws, since they own the property. He was in the process of completing a loop, starting at 140 feet with a top of only 4,759 feet. Unfortunately he wasn't able to complete the loop and never ejected. Time of the crash was 18:00 hours, 4 miles from Tulla, Texas. Eye witnesses said the aircraft lost power and then crashed. Simons was a pilot with Delta Airlines and was flying a cross-country mission from Hill AFB back to NAS Fort Worth.
31 Aug 2000 [w/o] 83138 83-1138 USAF 119 FS F-16C Block 25A News Article Details
Pilot ejected safely at 1,700 feet over the Atlantic one mile off the coast of Brigantine, New Jersey. The aircraft had engine problems at 15:40 hours, while on a flight of four aircraft. The pilot was picked up by a police boat and transferred to a Coast Guard ship. At 16,000 feet the pilot felt vibrations and immediate deceleration. The cause was a failure and subsequent liberation of a turbine blade from the 3rd stage of the turbine section resulting in damage to the oil system.
12 Oct 2000 [w/o] 89088 89-2088 USAF 125 FS F-16C Block 42F News Article Details
Pilot ejected with minor injuries and the F-16 fell into a field near Atlanta, Kansas. Cause was found to be engine failure after one of the bearings assemblies failed. The engine shut down, causing the pilot to attempt a restart. After the wingman saw fire coming out of the engine, he called for him to eject.
13 Nov 2000 [w/o] 90801 90-0801 USAF 14 FS F-16C Block 50 News Article Details
Collided in mid-air with F-16C (90-0811) over the Sea of Japan. One pilot, Colonel Michael Lepper, was rescued by Japanese forces in an UH-60. He was the commanding officer of the 35th Operations Group. Piloting the other F-16 was Captain Warren B. Sneed who could not be found and is presumed dead. No ejection was seen from this aircraft. Both aircraft were participating in Keen Sword exercise. All Misawa based F-16's were grounded till November 16th.
13 Nov 2000 [w/o] 90811 90-0811 USAF 14 FS F-16C Block 50A Details
Collided in mid-air with F-16C (90-0801) over the Sea of Japan. One pilot, Colonel Michael Lepper, was rescued by Japanese forces in an UH-60. He was the commanding officer of the 35th Operations Group. Piloting the other F-16 was Captain Warren B. Sneed who could not be found and is presumed dead. No ejection was seen from this aircraft. Both aircraft were participating in Keen Sword exercise. All Misawa based F-16's were grounded till November 16th.
16 Nov 2000 [w/o] 89104 89-2104 USAF 68 FS F-16C Block 40G News Article Details
Suffered a mid-air collision with a civilian Cessna 172N (N73829) at 15:56 hours. It happened at 1,200 feet near Sarasota, Florida. The Cessna pilot, Jacques Oliver, was killed. His aircraft came down in a golf coarse. Captain Greg Kreuder tried to take his F-16 for a landing at MacDill AFB, but the engine failed and the cockpit was shattered, forcing him to punch out. The F-16 came down in a wooded area four miles south of the Cessna’s. The Cessna pilot never responded to Miami control to help avoid the collision. The F-16 was in a two ship formation on a ground attack training sortie. It turns out the F-16's were using the wrong frequency to contact Tampa, which had control of the airspace. Only Miami was able to keep contact. The aircraft was on loan to the 69 FS at the time of the accident.
13 Dec 2000 [w/o] 86313 86-0313 USAF 523 FS F-16C Block 30D Details
This aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Colonel John C. Harrison of the 83rd FWS at Tyndal AFB, Florida. The aircraft was on temporary duty with this unit. He ejected east of Panama City at Apalachicola, Florida at about 13:50 hours with minor injuries. Cause was engine failure and fire. John was rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter.
26 Dec 2000 [i/a] 86242 86-0242 USAF 149 FS F-16C Block 30C Details
Was returning to land from a Functional Check Flight. The gear was lowered but on contact with the ground had an uncommanded gear retraction. The aircraft belly landed on its gear doors but there was also damage to the ventral fins, tail hook, block structural supports and to the airframe itself. The belly was severely damaged including damage to bulkheads 243.00 and 279.00. The pilot stayed with the aircraft and was uninjured. It was sent to Ogden ALC with the 649th Combat Logistics Support Squadron for work at major depot level repaire. F-16N #163571 (#86-1689) has been split in half at bulkhead 243.00 to replace the front of #86-0242. The aft end of the F-16N has been used to rebuild #85-1444. Aircraft still in 149th FS markings.
Unknown [act] 85444 85-1444 USAF 457 FS F-16C Block 30A Details
Sometime after the summer of 2001 this aircraft had a mishap. To repair this airframe, F-16N #163571 (#86-1689) was split in half at bulkhead 243.00 with the aft end being used for this airframe #85-1444 and the forward half used to fix #86-0242. This work was done by the 649th Logistics Support Squadron at Hill AFB, Utah.

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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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