ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46955
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 August 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | 34th TFSqn USAF |
| Registration: | 78-0046 |
| MSN: | 61-42 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Utah Test & Training Range, 80 miles west of Salt Lake City, Utah -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hill AFB, Utah (HIF/KHIF) |
| Hill AFB, Utah (HIF/KHIF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed 5/8/1981 on the Utah Test & Training Range, 80 miles west of Salt Lake City, Utah, killing the pilot, Captain J. Edgington Moats. As result of this accident, 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
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1978.html
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982
3. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/46/
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20170306224555/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/USAF/f_16_USAF_80s.htm
5. http://www.sharpshooter-maj.com/html/deploy81.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Jan-2009 11:53 | harro | Updated |
| 03-Oct-2011 16:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2013 21:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2021 12:37 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |
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