F-16 Accidents



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    USAF F-16C block 40 #89-2099 from the 35th FS being salvaged from its crash site by the USS Safeguard on May 10th, 2006. The aircraft was lost in the Yellow Sea on March 14th. Note the M61 Vulcan barrels on the left. [USAF photo by SSgt. Melissa Allan]
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    USAF F-16C block 40 #88-0465 from the 307th FS is heavily damaged on the Homestead AFB tarmac in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, which struck the area on August 24th, 1992. The aircraft was repaired and now flies with the 35th FS at Kunsan AB. [USAF photo by MSgt. Don Wetterman]
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    Pieces of a demolished F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft lie on top of a truck in a destroyed hangar. The damage was caused by Hurricane Andrew, which struck the area on August 24th, 1992. [USAF photo by MSgt. Don Wetterman]
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    USAF F-16C block 40 #89-2146 from the 307th FS is damaged on the Homestead AFB tarmac in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, which struck the area on August 24th, 1992. [USAF photo by MSgt. Don Wetterman]
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    RDAF F-16AM is coming in for landing after it had flown for over an hour to get rid of some fuel after a tire had blown up on take-off. [RDAF photo]
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    RDAF F-16AM is coming in for landing after it had flown for over an hour to get rid of some fuel after a tire had blown up on take-off. [RDAF photo]
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    RNlAF F-16BM #J-064 from 312 sqn is seen laying on the runway at Leeuwarden AB on May 18th, 2006 after its left main gear collapsed upon landing. [Photo by Freezo]
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    RNlAF F-16BM #J-064 from 312 sqn is seen laying on the runway at Leeuwarden AB on May 18th, 2006 after its left main gear collapsed upon landing, now getting ready to be lifted. [Photo by Freezo]
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    RNlAF F-16BM #J-064 from 312 sqn is seen laying on the runway at Leeuwarden AB on May 18th, 2006 after its left main gear collapsed upon landing, now getting ready to be lifted. [Photo by Freezo]
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    RNlAF F-16BM #J-064 from 312 sqn is seen being lifted off the runway at Leeuwarden AB on May 18th, 2006 after its left main gear collapsed upon landing that same day. [Photo by Freezo]
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    These are the remains of USAF F-16A block 15 #82-0939 from the 388th TFW. It was on TDY at Akhisar AB, Turkey when this incident happened on October 21st, 1985. [Photo via IDCrewDawg]
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    Right rear view of USAF F-16C block 30 #87-0251 from the 36th TFS as it sits on a runway following an emergency gear-up landing at Osan AFB on December 19th, 1989. [USAF photo by TSgt Peter C. Bradshaw Jr.]
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    Members of the 36th TFS crash recovery crew stand atop USAF F-16C block 42 #88-0527 to grab the lifting cables lowered by a mobile hydraulic crane. The aircraft ran off the runway while making an emergency landing at Osan AFB on August 1st, 1990. [USAF photo by SSgt David Underwood]
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    RDAF F-16A block 15 #E-610 from Esk. 723 is sitting beside the taxiway at Aalborg AB on February 2nd, 2000. While under tow trough the Esk. 723 area the tow-bar disengaged from the truck, resulting in the nosewheel to turn sharply to the right. After leaving the concrete, the nosewheel dipped into the soft ground. The aircraft suffered only minor damage. Note the aircraft is defuelled before recovery. [Photo by Erik Frikke]
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    RDAF F-16AM #E-610 from Esk. 726 is sitting beside the taxiway at Aalborg AB on February 2nd, 2000. While under tow trough the Esk. 723 area the tow-bar disengaged from the truck, resulting in the nosewheel to turn sharply to the right. After leaving the concrete, the nosewheel dipped into the soft ground. The aircraft suffered only minor damage. Note the aircraft is defuelled before recovery. [Photo by Erik Frikke]