F-16 Aircraft Database

Undercarrage retracted while parked. Gear pins were pulled during an ops check.

The aircraft went down about 50 miles north of its home base in Duluth, Minnesota while practising night intercepts. The aircraft went down in a remote dense woodland area near Greenwood Lake. The pilot, Maj. Pete Woodbury, did not eject.

The aircraft crashed on the Barry M. Goldwater range near Gila Bend, Arizona. The pilot ejected safely.

Crashed ten miles northeast of Wendover at 19:00 hours. Major Edward G. Goggins was the pilot and Captain Mark C. Snyder a passenger flight surgeon. One suffered a broken ankle and the other had burns. Because it was early evening there was a night recovery. Cause of crash found to be an engine flameout.

Damaged but repaired

Suffered an engine flame-out. The pilot, Maj. Frank Dewinne, succeeds in an airstart and landed safely at Leeuwarden AB, Netherlands

Minor mishap involving this F-16A. Nose wheel collapsed after landing. Damage was minor and only to the nose gear door. The pilot stayed with the aircraft since it was not moving fast during the incident. The nose gear collapse took place at Florennes. The aircraft was repaired

While attempting to land during bad weather, the aircraft crashed into the landing lights for the runway. The pilot was returning from a routine exercise over Jakarta. The mishap took place at Jakarta/Halim AB at 13:30 hours. The pilot, Captain Dwi Sasongko of the demonstration team ‘Blue Eagle’, was killed. There were two Indonesian F-16's lost in two days

Collided with #86-0257 and suffered only minor damage to tail and some turkey feathers and was easily repaired. Unfortunately 86-0257 was written-off. At the time this aircraft was on loan to the 93rd FS.

Collided with F-16D #86-0040 from the same squadron over the Gulf of Mexico. Five F-16's were in an air-to-air photo session. The F-16D was passing under three F-16C’s when it hit one of the aircraft. The F-16C lost its entire nose and could not regain control. The pilot was forced to eject. The pilot, Major Dennis Daley, ejected from the aircraft at 11:45 hours. Twenty minutes later a United States Coast Guard helicopter picked him up unharmed near Key West, Florida. The aircraft was from Homestead AFB, Florida and marked ‘482 OG’.

Collided with F-16C (90-0953, 9935) in mid-air.

Collided with F-16D (90-0937, 9807) in mid-air

Crashed as the result of an engine flameout at a low altitude. The air plane crashed in the southern portion of Georgia, seven miles southwest of Pearson. A malfunction in the main engine control component caused the flame-out. Aircraft was nicknamed Satan and spent a lot of time code 3. The pilot ejected safely.

Crashed near Bindal, north of Ørland, Norway hitting a high volt power cable. The pilot, Per Morten Storengen, ejected safely.

Impacted the ground near Geetbets, Belgium. The aircraft was piloted by Captain Martin Levicar. The Captain was able to eject safely