F-16 Aircraft Database

Was restored to flyable status but suffered a blow out of the tail section due to a fire during a Cope Thunder exercise. The pilot dead-stick landed it. It took 8 months to repair. Rumors were the aft section of a previously damaged block 40 was used to replace the tail of this aircraft. It was later unofficially labeled a block 35. Any one know the exact date of this mishap?

Aircraft had a leading edge malfuntion during flight which ripped off the majority of edge. It landed safely and was repaired. Need to find the date of this mishap.

Crashed near Homestead AFB, Florida. The aircraft was lost due to a burn-through in the engine and airframe. The pilot ejected when ATC personal saw a fire plume coming from the side of the aircraft. It was later determined that during a flame holder assembly change, a maintenance rag was left in the afterburner section causing a hot spot. The airforce F-16 units then began counting rags taken out on a daily basis. The aircraft was viewed with the vertical stabilizer above the water as it crashed in shallow water at the end of the runway.

First crash of ADF F-16A?

Had a mid-air collision with F-16A (#78-0045) near Wendover, Utah

Had a mid-air collision with F-16A (#78-0041) near Wendover, Utah.

Less than a month after delivery, the aircraft flies through some high voltage power cables in the valley of the Dordogne, Southern France. The pilot, 2nd squadron commander Cdt. Alain Letellier, succeeds in landing at Aulnat (near Clermont-Ferrand). The aircraft was heavily damaged on the belly, but was repaired

The mishap occurred at Kunsan AB, Korea due to an augmentor fuel tube failure at the flange weld and a resulting fire in the engine bay.

Collided in mid-air with F-16A (84-1358, J-358) thirteen kilometres west of Grand Lake, Canada. The aircraft were flying out of Goosebay. The pilot of this aircraft, Capt. Rein "Snatch" Sneek, ejected safely

Collided in mid-air with F-16A (78-0258, J-258) thirteen kilometres west of Grand Lake, Canada. The aircraft were flying out of Goosebay. The pilot of this aircraft, Capt. Leo "Moist" Vogt, was killed in the incident

Crashed near Houffallize, Belgium. The pilot ejected safely.

Crashed in a south Georgia community, named Pearson. The crash killed the pilot, Lieutenant Colonel A. Stuart, and a civilian.

Collided with a German glider (H101 Salto glider, D-2195) ten nautical miles north-north-west of Sembach, Germany. The glider pilot was killed, the F-16 was barely damaged and easily repaired. The pilot of the F-16 was Captain Chris Luithly, but he was not the lead in the flight that was returning from Ramstein to Hahn AB.

Suffered an serious undercarriage fire and was rebuilt by the 649th CLSS at Hill AFB, Utah returning to service in 1995.

Ran off the runway at Faro, Portugal after suffering a bird strike during take-off. The aircraft was on a squadron exchange with 302 sqn.