Crash site in Tooele County, Salt Lake City, Utah. The crash debris was scattered over an area 150 yards wide and about a half-mile long. [Media screenshots]
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News: F-16 crashes near Utah's Salt Lake [2006-03-31]
An F-16C from Hill Air Force Base was on a training mission with three other jets when something went wrong and the pilot ejected. The jet crashed around 15.00h, approximately 30 miles west of Hill Air Force Base after the pilot ejected safely.
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News: Bearing assembly failure caused F-16 crash in Utah [2006-08-09]
A bearing assembly failure caused an F-16C to crash in an unpopulated dry area close to Carrington Island in the Great Salt Lake, Utah, during a training mission March 30, according to an Air Force report released Aug. 7.
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F-16 #89115
The pilot, 1st Lt. Jay Bear, was conducting a close-air support training mission over the northern Utah Test and Training Range. He ejected safely. The aircraft went down in a muddy tidal area along one of the islands in the Great Salt Lake. The F-16 suffered an engine failure.
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