Date |
Status |
Local S/N |
Aircraft |
AF/Unit |
Version |
Info |
Details |
Jan 1981 |
[
act] |
75745 |
75-
0745
|
|
F-16A
|
|
Details
|
|
|
Dead stick landing but was repaired.
|
|
20 Jan 1981 |
[
w/o] |
222 |
78-
0328
|
IDFAF 110 sqn |
F-16A
Block
10
|
|
Details
|
|
|
Crashed after a mid-air with an F-4E Phantom II (68-0546, 222). Pilot Major Ehud Ben Amitay was killed as well as the pilot of the F-4, Dan Weiss. The navigator of the F-4, Eliezer Adar, was rescued
|
|
12 Mar 1981 |
[
w/o] |
FA-11 |
78-
0126
|
BAF 349 sqn |
F-16A
Block
1
|
|
Details
|
|
|
Crashed near Ville-du-Bois (not far from Vielsalm), Belgium killing pilot Captain Jean-Marie Paul. During a low level interception an actuator from the leading edge automatic flap broke
|
|
27 Mar 1981 |
[
w/o] |
78105 |
78-
0105
|
USAF 61 TFTS |
F-16B
Block
5
|
|
Details
|
|
|
Went down over the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. The crash was caused by an N2 speed sensor fault due to failed pins inside the sensor. The aircraft was recovered but damage was extensive to the cockpit area. The aircraft remains were brought back to MacDill AFB and stored in a hanger with the front being replaced by the front of #84-1228. Everything was removed forward of the intake and it was used as a maintainance trainer for a while.
|
|
06 Apr 1981 |
[
w/o] |
78013 |
78-
0013
|
USAF 34 TFS |
F-16A
Block
1
|
|
Details
|
|
|
Crashed at Holloman AFB, New Mexico due to fuel starvation. After being written-off, it was transferred to Lowry TTC as a GF-16A
|
|
10 Apr 1981 |
[
w/o] |
79316 |
79-
0316
|
USAF 421 TFS |
F-16A
Block
10
|
|
Details
|
|
|
At 1:09 local time the main generator warning light came on and the EPU started. The pilot Major John Cary who was part of a four ship flight advised of his emergency and tried to make it to Buckley ANGB. After flying in for five minutes on the EPU, that failed and flight controls were lost. Major Cary ejected at 1000 feet with a 90 degree nose down near Elizabeth, Colorado. Injuries were sore neck, chipped tooth and swollen eye which resulted in temporary blindness. This was caused by the high negative G's the aircraft pulled (-6G during a pitch down). The reason for the failure was due to an EPU overspeed which caused an over voltage to the flight control computer causing it to shut down.
|
|
02 Jun 1981 |
[
w/o] |
280 |
78-
0280
|
RNoAF 332 skv |
F-16A
Block
5
|
|
Details
|
|
|
Suffered a collision with a goose and crashed at Lake Tunhovd, Norway. The pilot, Morten Køpke, ejected with minor injuries.
|
|
03 Jun 1981 |
[
w/o] |
J-237 |
78-
0237
|
RNlAF 322 sqn |
F-16A
Block
5
|
|
Details
|
|
|
An engine problem brought down this aircraft in Lauwersmeer, Netherlands. The pilot managed to eject safely
|
|
29 Jun 1981 |
[
w/o] |
79313 |
79-
0313
|
USAF 421 TFS |
F-16A
Block
10
|
|
Details
|
|
|
Went down in Great Salt Lake, Utah at 18:14 hours. An EPU problem was the cause of the mishap. The pilot, Captain Thomas F. Hauret, ejected safely.
|
|
17 Jul 1981 |
[
w/o] |
J-217 |
78-
0217
|
RNlAF 322 sqn |
F-16A
Block
1
|
|
Details
|
|
|
Aircraft was damaged beyond repair when it ran over the barrier at Leeuwarden AB, the Netherlands. The pilot, Lt. Filip Appeldorn, ejected safely and survived the accident. The mishap occurred during initial conversion training due to an engine problem. This was the first zero-zero ejection from an F-16
|
|
05 Aug 1981 |
[
w/o] |
78046 |
78-
0046
|
USAF 4 TFS |
F-16A
Block
5
|
|
Details
|
|
|
Crashed in the Utah Test & Training Range, killing the pilot, Captain J. Edgington Moats at 14:54 hours. All USAF F-16's were grounded two days later. It was the F-16's second grounding. Cause of accident was a malfunctioning bleed air valve which allowed bleed air to leak out onto the EPU, causing an electrical surge that shut down the flight control computer. The pilot initiated ejection, but was too late.
|
|
20 Oct 1981 |
[
w/o] |
J-233 |
78-
0233
|
RNlAF 323 sqn |
F-16A
Block
5
|
|
Details
|
|
|
Crashed in Waddenzee, Netherlands which is near Ameland. The pilot ejected safely
|
|
22 Oct 1981 |
[
w/o] |
FA-29 |
78-
0144
|
BAF 350 sqn |
F-16A
Block
10
|
|
Details
|
|
|
Crashed after the aircraft suffered an engine flame-out, in Soumoy, Belgium. Lieutenant Roger Uytterhagen ejected safely
|
|
20 Nov 1981 |
[
w/o] |
257 |
78-
0350
|
IDFAF 117 sqn |
F-16A
Block
10
C
|
|
Details
|