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F-16 Aircraft Database

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




Found 418 F-16s, displaying 46-60 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N FY/n AF/Unit Version Info Details
27 Jan 1984 [w/o] 81730 81-0730 USAF 421 TFS F-16A Block 15E Details
Destroyed in a crash on Utah Test & Training Range killing the pilot, Lieutenant Colonel W. Roy Neisz.
10 Apr 1984 [w/o] 79315 79-0315 USAF 157 TFS F-16A Block 10 Details
Crashed near McEntire ANGB, South Carolina killing the pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Yeadon D. Dorn.
01 May 1984 [w/o] 81745 81-0745 USAF 421 TFS F-16A Block 15F Details
Crashed on Utah Test & Training Range. A little over a month earlier the same squadron, lost another F-16 on the same location.
02 May 1984 [w/o] 82045 82-1045 USAF 16 TFTS F-16B Block 15N Details
Destroyed in a crash on Utah Test & Training Range. The pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Anderson, was killed.
19 Jun 1984 [w/o] 78072 78-0072 USAF 72 TFTS F-16A Block 5 Details
Crashed at the airport in Bartow, Florida. Pilot ejected safely.
25 Jun 1984 [w/o] 82971 82-0971 USAF 613 TFS F-16A Block 15M Details
Impacted the ground near Vilaruengo, Spain. Pilot, 1st Lieutenant Scott Trapp, was killed in the mishap.
25 Sep 1984 [w/o] 80477 80-0477 USAF 429 TFS F-16A Block 10B Details
It is speculated that Major Glenn Hessel had a heart attack during the flight. What is known is that his wing man, who was flying beside him, said that he was slumped over and was not responding to radio calls. Aircraft was in augmentor when it hit the ground. Squadron mates say he was very well liked in the unit.
21 Nov 1984 [w/o] 82959 82-0959 USAF 613 TFS F-16A Block 15L Details
Lost in a crash at Torres de la Alameda, Spain killing First Lieutenant Steve Vick
Unknown [act] 78101 78-0101 USAF 311 TFTS F-16B Block 5 Details
Pilot received a warning light indicating a failure of the nose gear to lock. Upon landing the pilot kept the nose up as long as possible, but when the nose came down the nose gear did collapse. Damage was not extensive and was repaired and flew again at Luke AFB. Exact date of the mishap is unknown but believed to have happened in 1985.
07 Feb 1985 [w/o] 79323 79-0323 USAF 157 TFS F-16A Block 10 Details
Hit the ground on the Townsend Bombing Range, Georgia
08 Feb 1985 [w/o] 81808 81-0808 USAF 614 TFS F-16A Block 15H Details
Flew into the ground near Aviano AB, Italy. Pilot ejected safely. The cause was determined that both AOA heaters failed and ice formed on the probes, driving the probes full down. This caused the LE flaps to full down and the aircraft flipped on its back. The aircraft impacted a snow covered slop, inverted, and slid to a stop. The jet was enroute from Torrejon AB, Spain when the accident occured. During ejection, the pilot received a gash to his jaw from his parachute harness.
11 Feb 1985 [w/o] 78004 78-0004 USAF 310 TFTS F-16A Block 1 Details
Destroyed near Luke AFB, Arizona at Gila Bend Auxillary Air Field due to an engine failure. Pilot ejected safely.
27 Apr 1985 [w/o] 83117 83-1117 USAF 19 TFS F-16A Block 15S Details
Hit the ground near Fort Campbell, Kentucky killing Captain Ed Johnson.
16 May 1985 [w/o] 79416 79-0416 USAF 56 TTW F-16B Block 5 Details
Crashed near MacDill AFB, Florida.
30 Jul 1985 [w/o] 79372 79-0372 USAF 72 TFTS F-16A Block 10A Details
Crashed into the Gulf of Mexico killing the pilot, 2nd Lieutenant J. O'brien. Probable cause is believed to be black-out

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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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