F-16 Aircraft Database

Suffered an electrical fire on the ground due to chaffing wires under a panel on the aircrafts right side. Was quickly repaired on site at Moody AFB. Happened in January or February 1994.

Impacted the ground near Bursa, Turkey killing the pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Unal Aksoy.

Collided with F-16D (87-0389) at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio on the runway after taking FOD during takeoff. Aircraft was deemed repairable, but so far has not. As they were taking off, 87-0389 was ahead of 87-0270 and was in the air first with 87-0270 following right behind. At about 50 Ft. off the runway 87-0389's lower portion of the forward landing gear and nose wheel fell from the aircraft. This falling assembly travelled behind and struck 87-0270 in the conopy at about 25 Ft off the deck. The impact startled the pilot and he without hesitation ejected from the F-16. 87-0270 descended and smack down on the runway. Sliding several 100 ft eventually coming off the runway. Before coming to rest within 50 ft of the perimeter fence. The runway and grass tore up the belly of 87-0270 pretty good, dispersing considerable debris in it's wake as it slid. The pilot of 87-0389 was unaware of the incident until notified by the tower. The controllers had 87-0389 do a slow fly-by to inspect the aircraft and informed the pilot of the loss of the nose gear. The pilot eventually made a very skillfull nose down landing. He came in nice and slow eventually letting the lack of speed and lift lower the nose down on the runway.

Collided with F-16C (#87-0270) at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio. This aircraft only sustained minor damage and was repaired and put back into service.

Went down near Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Some sources have this loss with the 20th FW but officially the 363rd FW didn't end till April 1, 1994.

Crashed due to an engine fire in Soper, Oklahoma. The pilot ejected safely and walked to the nearest farmhouse for assistance. The crash was the unit’s first loss in its entire 54 year history.

The crash of Thunderbird no. 6 at Indian Springs Auxiliary Airfield, Nevada. A pilot error was blamed for this training crash involving a manoeuvre called a spiral descent. The pilot survived, but the manoeuvre was discontinued.

Heavily damaged at Porotoz, Slovenia during Operation Deny Flight. Pilot ejected safely and aircraft was repaired.

Quote from pilot Andy Uribe, at the time of quote a Lt. Col.

"I was returning from a combat mission over Sarajevo and the aircraft developed an engine problem. I did a flameout landing on a short runway in Slovenia but was unable to stop the jet and ejected as it departed the runway. I was 'detained' by the Slovenians for about three hours, then released.

"When everything was happening I really didn't have any emotions or fear, I was just doing what I had been trained to do. Only when I was sitting on the X-ray table at the hospital did I realize how serious the situation had been. Had all the equipment not functioned perfectly I would have been seriously injured or killed."

Lost near Duncan, Arizona. The pilot, RNLAF trainee with the Arizona ANG, 2nd Lt. Julian Beneker, was killed in the crash.

Crashed near Sargodha, Pakistan.

Collided with C-130E (68-10942) over Pope AFB, near Fayetteville, North Carolina. The damaged C-130 landed safely. The F-16 crashed into the cargo aircraft parking ramp, shortly after the crew ejected safely. The wreckage of the F-16 scattered across the ramp, hitting a C-141B (66-0173) getting ready to load paratroopers. The paratroopers were rigging in the grassy area behind the C-141. The C-141 caught fire which ignited the fuel tanks. Wreckage from the F-16 scattered through hundreds of fully rigged paratroopers. The C-141 was completely destroyed. By the 25th of the month 23 had people died and 80 were seriously injured. Both the C-130 and the F-16 were trying to land at the same time. The F-16 was above the C-130 and could not see it. They collided at 300 feet. The F-16 hit the tail of the C-130 which damaged the nose of the F-16. The pilot could not regain altitude and before he ejected made an attempt to guide the aircraft away from the parking ramp and buildings by engaging the afterburners. Pieces of the F-16 were found out the back gate of the base, over 1,000 feet away from point of impact. The cause of the mishap was a chain of errors by civilian and military air-traffic controllers. This is the worst F-16 accident to date.

During an IFE landing the aircraft experienced a missed barrier engagement and went off the end of the runway. Consequently the main gear collapsed, the engine ingested dirt and the aircraft broke apart. The pilot ejected and was rescued by the fire department as he landed in the center of the fire from escaping fuel. The aircraft was in SEC mode, which has a high idle thrust on GE engines. The aircraft was configured heavy and with that high idle thrust needed to engage the barrier.

Crashed due to a bird strike. Conflicting report shows an engine failure being the cause

Collided in mid-air over the Yellow Sea with an F-15C (78-0530) of the 67th FS which was 2 miles off Boryong, South Korea. The resulting crash killed the pilot of the F-15, Captain John Kindred. The F-16 pilot ejected safely.