Date |
Status |
Local S/N |
Aircraft |
AF/Unit |
Version |
Info |
Details |
22 Oct 1998 |
[
act] |
90730 |
90-
0730
|
USAF 310 FS |
F-16C
Block
42
H
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Details
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Landed safely after a midair collision with F-16C #88-0414. The other aircraft crashed after the pilot had safely ejected. Cause of the mishap was error due to improper rejoin procedure.
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29 Jul 2011 |
[
act] |
90733 |
90-
0733
|
USAF 80 FS |
F-16C
Block
40
H
|
|
Details
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Received $589,322 worth of damage after #90-0717 ran into it while on the runway before take-off. Damage to wing box, horizontal stab, fuel tank and targetting pod reported.
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31 May 1992 |
[
w/o] |
90749 |
90-
0749
|
USAF 57 FW |
F-16C
Block
42
J
|
|
Details
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Aircraft crashed while returning from a training mission approximately 20 miles SE of Pahrump, Nevada,. The pilot, Scott Gierat, ejected safely and was rescued by a Las Vegas Police helicopter. The pilot detected smoke in the cockpit along with a decreasing oil pressure. When the oil pressure reached 5 PSI, the pilot heard a loud bang accompanied with a grinding noise. Shortly thereafter the pilot noted the engine RPM was at 0. He attempted a JFS airstart which was unsuccessful. At 3000' AGL he succesfully ejected.
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29 Oct 2019 |
[
w/o] |
90755 |
90-
0755
|
USAF 314 FS |
F-16C
Block
42
J
|
News Article
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Details
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The aircraft crashed around 6:30 pm local time 95NM from Holloman AB with the pilot ejecting safely. The crash was caused by the catastrophic failure of the engine resulting from the failure to install the 1st Stage Rear Air Seal during overhaul of the engine’s Inlet Fan Module by depot-level maintenance personnel at Tinker AFB in September of 2016.
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24 Apr 2018 |
[
w/o] |
90760 |
90-
0760
|
USAF 310 FS |
F-16C
Block
42
J
|
|
Details
|
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This F-16 departed the runway at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport on 10:35am local time. The F-16 diverted to the airport during a routine training mission. The aircraft landed on runway 14 but departed the runway for unknown reasons. The pilot ejected safely. The aircraft suffered extensive damage with the cockpit section torn off and substantial damage to the rest of the fuselage. It is considered a write-off.
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27 Oct 1992 |
[
w/o] |
90761 |
90-
0761
|
USAF 17 FS |
F-16C
Block
42
J
|
|
Details
|
|
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Impacted the ground near Shaw AFB, South Carolina. On the return flight of an exercise the pilot, Captain Bradley S. Johnson, noticed fuel issues. He tried to land, but when he saw he couldn't make it, he ejected.
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07 Feb 1994 |
[
w/o] |
90764 |
90-
0764
|
USAF 125 FS |
F-16C
Block
42
J
|
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Details
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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. Cause was that the engine experienced a high cycle fatigue fracture of a fourth stage turbine blade below the blade platform and subsequent damage to the low pressure turbine which made it to stall.
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21 Mar 2012 |
[
w/o] |
90771 |
90-
0771
|
USAF 36 FS |
F-16C
Block
40
K
|
News Article
|
Details
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The aircraft crashed in a rice paddy near Kunsan AFB around noon. The pilot ejected safely.
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27 Nov 2006 |
[
w/o] |
90776 |
90-
0776
|
USAF 524 FS |
F-16C
Block
40
K
|
News Article
|
Details
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Went down over Iraq north of Falluja in western Anbar province at 13:35 hours during a combat mission supporting ground forces. The official cause of the accident was "chanalized attention manifested by the pilots to maintain a constant visual positive identification of targeted enemy vehicles and subsequent target fixation on these vehicles while they were traveling at a high rate of speed". Unfortunately the pilot, Major Troy L. Gilbert of the 309th FS, was killed in this accident.
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13 Jul 2004 |
[
act] |
90779 |
90-
0779
|
USAF 36 FS |
F-16D
Block
40
H
|
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Details
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The aircraft caught fire right after take off from Osan AB. The pilot, Capt. Kermis, circled around and was able to land. The core spray bar broke off and started spraying fuel in the enging bay. Due to the fire the rudder ISA also failed resulting in loss of rudder control during landing. It was a class A mishap but the plane was repaired.
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18 Feb 1993 |
[
w/o] |
90784 |
90-
0784
|
USAF 18 FS |
F-16D
Block
40
H
|
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Details
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Destroyed near Eielson AFB, Alaska. Both crew, pilot Capt. Glen S. Porter and backseat passenger, flight surgeon Maj. Robert D. Verdone, were killed. It has been speculated that during a ground avoidance maneuver the backseater had interfered with the control stick and rudders.
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25 Mar 1998 |
[
w/o] |
90792 |
90-
0792
|
USAF 36 FS |
F-16D
Block
40
J
|
News Article
|
Details
|
|
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Crashed into the Yellow Sea 100 kilometres west of Osan AB, South Korea at 20:52 hours. The aircraft was part of a four-ship formation on a combat training mission. Eleven hours after the mishap, the body of Captain Keith A. Sands was found. United States Air Force, Navy and Korean Air Force helped in the search. Korean Navy minesweepers found the wreckage, but the USS Salvor (ARS-52) salvaged 300 pieces to the aircraft, but lacked one large portion. This mishap was caused by a combination of the pilot unintentionally maneuvering his aircraft in excess of briefed parameters, and personal injuries and equipment damage sustained during the subsequent ejection. The pilot did eject safely, but sustained injuries which let him to pass away while in the water.
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16 Feb 2000 |
[
w/o] |
90794 |
90-
0794
|
USAF 68 FS |
F-16D
Block
40
J
|
News Article
|
Details
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Crashed eight kilometres north of Donaldsonville, Georgia while on a night goggle training mission out of Moody. The crew of two, Major Charles B. Kearney and First Lieutenant Christopher Hutchins, ejected safely and were picked up by 41st Rescue Squadron SH-60's. The cause of the accident turned out to be a failed high pressure turbine wheel that shelled in flight. The aircraft was lend to the 69 FS at the time of the accident.
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Jan 1994 |
[
act] |
90797 |
90-
0797
|
USAF 307 FS |
F-16D
Block
40
K
|
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Details
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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.
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19 Jun 1998 |
[
w/o] |
90798 |
90-
0798
|
USAF 68 FS |
F-16D
Block
40
K
|
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Details
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Skidded off the runway and burned out during take-off on a post maintenance test flight. The AOA probe was installed backwards. As soon as the aircraft broke ground the aircraft porpoised up and down the runway. Faulty instrument readings gave the wrong angle of attack to the computer. Air data inputs are used to automatically schedule the leading edge flaps and the AOA limiting is in effect. The pilot, Captain Bryan Nordhelm, managed to eject safely. The pilot attempted to correct the bad data but the computer would not respond. The mishap occurred at Hill AFB, but the aircraft is normally operated by the 347th Wing at Moody AFB, Georgia. It was being worked on for NIVIS lighting upgrade before the CCIP package had been released.
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