| Date |
Status |
Local S/N |
FY/n |
AF/Unit |
Version |
Info |
Details |
| 29 Jun 1988 |
[w/o] |
85401 |
85-1401 |
313 TFS |
F-16C Block 25F |
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Details
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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.
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| 29 Jun 1988 |
[w/o] |
86247 |
86-0247 |
23 TFS |
F-16C Block 30C |
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Details
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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.
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| 05 Jul 1988 |
[w/o] |
300 |
78-0300 |
334 skv |
F-16A Block 15 |
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Details
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Destroyed in a crash at Morsvikfjord, Norway. The pilot didn't survive the crash.
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| 25 Jul 1988 |
[w/o] |
84232 |
84-1232 |
19 TFS |
F-16C Block 25C |
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Details
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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.
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| 02 Aug 1988 |
[w/o] |
84221 |
84-1221 |
19 TFS |
F-16C Block 25C |
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Details
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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.
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| 01 Sep 1988 |
[w/o] |
85414 |
85-1414 |
14 TFS |
F-16C Block 30 |
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Details
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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.
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| 09 Sep 1988 |
[w/o] |
79338 |
79-0338 |
72 TFTS |
F-16A Block 10 |
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Details
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Crashed off the coast of Sarasota, Florida into the Gulf of Mexico. May have been marked 72nd TFTS at the time.
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| 13 Sep 1988 |
[w/o] |
82994 |
82-0994 |
388 TFW |
F-16A Block 15N |
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Details
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Crashed onto the Great Salt Lake, Utah.
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| 13 Sep 1988 |
[w/o] |
84249 |
84-1249 |
17 TFS |
F-16C Block 25D |
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Details
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Hit the ground near Sumter, South Carolina. The crash killed the man who owned the house that the jet hit
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| 12 Oct 1988 |
[i/a] |
84289 |
84-1289 |
496 TFS |
F-16C Block 25E |
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Details
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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.
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| 18 Oct 1988 |
[w/o] |
86344 |
86-0344 |
613 TFS |
F-16C Block 30E |
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Details
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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.
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| 17 Nov 1988 |
[w/o] |
FA-15 |
78-0130 |
350 sqn |
F-16A Block 1 |
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Details
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Crashed near Beauvechain, Belgium after a bird strike. Pilot, Captain Louis Wolfs, ejected safely
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| 17 Nov 1988 |
[w/o] |
FA-62 |
80-3553 |
31 sqn |
F-16A Block 15F |
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Details
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Destroyed in a crash near Kaulille, Belgium after impacting birds. Pilot, Captain Bernard Flamang, ejected safely
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| 05 Dec 1988 |
[w/o] |
86316 |
86-0316 |
612 TFS |
F-16C Block 30D |
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Details
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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.
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| 18 Dec 1988 |
[w/o] |
015 |
78-0361 |
117 sqn |
F-16B Block 5 |
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Details
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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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