USAF F-16A block 1 #78-0002 from the 310th TFTS is parked on the ramp after removal of the engine after its mishap in November of 1989. [Photo by Mark Francis]
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F-16 #78002
Engine turbine failed during a take-off roll sending pieces of the turbine blades through the fuel cell. Pilot aborted take off after seeing the fire light and shut down the engine. After the pilot opened the canopy and jumped out found the entire tail of the F-16 on fire. The aircraft was sent to depot but was never repaired.
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