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Date: | Wednesday 16 February 2000 |
Time: | 23:30 |
Type: | General Dynamics F-16DG Fighting Falcon |
Owner/operator: | 68th FSqn /347th FWg USAF |
Registration: | 90-0794 |
MSN: | 1D-72 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 5 miles north of Donalsonville, Seminole County, Georgia -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Moody AFB, Georgia (VAD/KVAD) |
Destination airport: | Moody AFB, Georgia (VAD/KVAD) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off 16 February 2000 when crashed five miles (8 Km) north of Donalsonville, Seminole County, 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 on loan to the 69th FS at the time of the accident.
Sources:
1. Air Forces Monthly - Attrition (April 2000)
2.
http://www.f-16.net/news_article504.html 3.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1990.html 4.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170218164837/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/USAF/f_16_USAF_00s.htm 5.
http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/3166/ 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donalsonville,_Georgia Media:
USAF F-16D block 40 #90-0794 from the 69th FS - although still wearing the 307th colour scheme during an exercise at MCAS Cherry Point on September 1, 1995 (official USAF press release photo)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Nov-2008 10:35 |
ASN archive |
Added |
25-Jul-2009 22:56 |
Harmy |
Updated |
03-Apr-2013 09:34 |
harro |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
18-Nov-2013 20:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
06-Feb-2021 10:21 |
sicak |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |