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F-16 Aircraft Database

F-16 Accident Reports for 1988




Found 30 F-16s, displaying 16-30 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N FY/n AF/Unit Version Info Details
29 Jun 1988 [w/o] 85401 85-1401 USAF 313 TFS F-16C Block 25F Details
Collided with F-16C (#85-1395) over Bodenheim, Germany. One of the pilot ejects safely, however the other pilot was killed. Captain Bob McCormack ejected safely, while Captain Mike Crandall died in the mishap.
29 Jun 1988 [w/o] 86247 86-0247 USAF 23 TFS F-16C Block 30C Details
Crashed near Merxzell-Burbach, Germany. It was the third crash in one day on German soil, and it stopped low level flying in that country from December onwards. The pilot ejected safely. The cause was determined as a failure of the no. 5 engine bearing. The aircraft was temporarily stationed at Baden-Baden AFB.
05 Jul 1988 [w/o] 300 78-0300 RNOAF 334 skv F-16A Block 15 Details
Destroyed in a crash at Morsvikfjord, Norway. The pilot didn't survive the crash.
25 Jul 1988 [w/o] 84232 84-1232 USAF 19 TFS F-16C Block 25C Details
Crashed and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean near Georgetown, South Carolina. Captain Paul Stone ejected safely and was released from the hospital the same night. Aircraft was participating in a combat exercise at the time.
02 Aug 1988 [w/o] 84221 84-1221 USAF 19 TFS F-16C Block 25C Details
Shortly after the pilot, Capt. Robert F. Weiland Jr. ejected the aircraft impacted an 803 foot radio tower. The F-16 hit the tower about 500 feet above the ground. Possibly the Shaw AFB jet that crashed causing injuries to two people on the ground. Aircraft was on a training mission.
01 Sep 1988 [w/o] 85414 85-1414 USAF 14 TFS F-16C Block 30 Details
Crashed near Iwate, Japan. The pilot was able to eject safely. A quill shaft between the main fuel pump and the Main Engine (Fuel) Control failed resulting in a flamed out engine that was unable to be restarted.
09 Sep 1988 [w/o] 79338 79-0338 USAF 72 TFTS F-16A Block 10 Details
Crashed off the coast of Sarasota, Florida into the Gulf of Mexico. May have been marked 72nd TFTS at the time.
13 Sep 1988 [w/o] 82994 82-0994 USAF 388 TFW F-16A Block 15N Details
Crashed onto the Great Salt Lake, Utah.
13 Sep 1988 [w/o] 84249 84-1249 USAF 17 TFS F-16C Block 25D Details
Hit the ground near Sumter, South Carolina. The crash killed the man who owned the house that the jet hit
12 Oct 1988 [i/a] 84289 84-1289 USAF 496 TFS F-16C Block 25E Details
Pilot landed aircraft short of runway at Hahn AB, Germany after an engine failure. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway and the pilot was able to egress by lifting the canopy from the damaged canopy frame. Pictures show that the jet was destroyed and it broke after the canopy section. But it nevertheless was repaired with parts of 3 other airframes and serves as a static now.
18 Oct 1988 [w/o] 86344 86-0344 USAF 613 TFS F-16C Block 30E Details
The aircrafts aft fuel tank ran dry and the pilot forgot to transfer fuel to it. The pilot ejected from his F-16 near Incirlik, Turkey.
17 Nov 1988 [w/o] FA-15 78-0130 BAF 350 sqn F-16A Block 1 Details
Crashed near Beauvechain, Belgium after a bird strike. Pilot, Captain Louis Wolfs, ejected safely
17 Nov 1988 [w/o] FA-62 80-3553 BAF 31 sqn F-16A Block 15F Details
Destroyed in a crash near Kaulille, Belgium after impacting birds. Pilot, Captain Bernard Flamang, ejected safely
05 Dec 1988 [w/o] 86316 86-0316 USAF 612 TFS F-16C Block 30D Details
Crashed near Chiloeches, Spain which is close to Torrejon AB, outside of Madrid during an attempted forced landing after a technical failure. The pilot, Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Harpe, died in the crash. He was the commander of the USAF operations in the Mediterranean. Harpe, 51, was on a training flight.
18 Dec 1988 [w/o] 015 78-0361 IDFAF 117 sqn F-16B Block 5 Details
Lost due to bird strike. The pilot, Lt. Col. Rami was rescued
Some sources have this aircraft as being operated by 140 sqn at the time. More info?

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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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