Wreckage of USAF F-16C #88-0477 after pilot ejected safely and the wreckage came down through the ceiling of this warehouse in May 2019.
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News: Armed F-16 crashes into a warehouse in California, pilot ok [2019-05-17]
An armed F-16 fighter jet crashed Thursday into a warehouse just off March Air Reserve Base in Perris, California.
Aircraft Database:
F-16 #88477
The aircraft crashed on approach to March AB around 15:40 hours local. The pilot ejected safely. The aircraft crashed in a warehouse fortunately not injuring anyone. The cause of the mishap was an improper installation of two hydraulic check valves in the right Flaperon Integrated Servo Actuator (FISA) which resulted in a loss of sufficient hydraulic pressure to control the aircraft.
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