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F-16 Accidents & Mishaps for the Royal Norwegian Air Force

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Found 26 aircraft, displaying 16- 26 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
10 Jan 1989 [ w/o] 676 80- 3676 RNoAF 331 skv F-16A Block 15 K Details
Crashed near Andøya, Norway killing the pilot, Bjørn Gunnar Olsen.
14 Mar 1988 [ w/o] 679 80- 3679 RNoAF 331 skv F-16A Block 15 K Details
The aircraft crashed near Hindøya Island, during a NATO exercise. The pilot, Geir Kveisengen, was unfortunately killed in the crash. He suffered a G-induced loss of conciousness after a merge and his flightlead saw him slowly dipping over and cruise into the ground after the merge.
08 Mar 1996 [ act] 680 80- 3680 RNoAF 331 skv F-16A Block 15 K Details
Ingested a goose while on an exercise over Belgium. The aircraft had to divert to Brustem AB with major damage. The pilot stayed fine and the F-16 was repaired at the SABCA facility.
07 Jul 2014 [ sto] 680 80- 3680 RNoAF FLO F-16A Block 20 MLU News Article Details
Flew into high-voltage power lines in the Grong, near Nord-Trøndelag on July 7th. The jet landed safely after declaring an emergency. A released photograph shows damage to the right wing and drop tank.
10 Jul 1986 [ w/o] 684 80- 3684 RNoAF 331 skv F-16A Block 15 M Details
Crashed on the Nellis range, Nevada after collission with F-16A (80-3686, 686)
06 Jun 1989 [ w/o] 685 80- 3685 RNoAF 331 skv F-16A Block 15 M Details
Destroyed on the ground in a fire at Bodø AB, Norway
10 Jul 1986 [ act] 686 80- 3686 RNoAF 331 skv F-16A Block 15 M Details
Midair with F-16A (80-3684, 684) and repaired.
17 Dec 2002 [ sto] 686 80- 3686 RNoAF 331 skv F-16A Block 20 MLU Details
The main gear collapsed during landing at Ganci AB, Manas, Kyrgyzstan. Both tension struts tore free from the FS341 bulkhead following a very hard landing. The aircraft is being repaired at Kjeller depot where the lower FS341 bulkhead is being replaced, similar to Falcon Up. The hard landing was caused by the fact that during landing in a two-ship formation one wing came into the turbulence from the lead. This caused the wing to loose lift and to compensate the pilot gave roll input the other way, with the result that the flaperon on the wing which was not in the turbulence went up, causing loss of control.
04 Jun 2003 [ act] 688 80- 3688 RNoAF 331 skv F-16A Block 20 MLU Details
The main wheel collapsed at Ørland AB and was caused due to human error during maintenance of the "over-center lock".
19 Jun 1987 [ act] 689 80- 3689 RNoAF 331 skv F-16B Block 15 Details
Suffered a landing accident at Beauvechain AB when the nose gear couldn't extend due to a wrongly installed travel pod.
17 Mar 2001 [ w/o] 712 87- 0712 RNoAF 331 skv F-16B Block 15 AD OCU Details
Lost after ingesting a bird which caused an engine fire. Both crew ejected safely and the wreckage came down just off the southern tip of Landegode island, Norway. Backseater was a female administration officer on an incentive flight. Wreckage was moved to Kjeller depot.

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Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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