ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46528
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| Date: | Monday 7 February 1994 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | 125th FSqn /138th FWg Oklahoma ANG USAF |
| Registration: | 90-0764 |
| MSN: | 1C-372 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Soper, Choctaw County, Oklahoma -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tulsa ANGB, Oklahoma (TUL/KTUL) |
| Tulsa ANGB, Oklahoma (TUL/KTUL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
F-16C 90-0764 of the 125th FS, 138th FW, Oklahoma Air National Guard, USAF was written off on February 7, 1994 when it crashed following engine failure (turbine blade failure and engine fire) at Soper, Choctaw County, near Tulsa, Oklahoma, at approximate co-ordinates 34°2′0″N, 95°41′48″W. The pilot ejected safely and walked to the nearest farmhouse for assistance. The crash was the unit's first loss in its entire 54 year history.
Per eyewitness report from the crew chief of this aircraft:
"764... Crashed Feb 1994. Pilot got out (Praise God) we had just got the plane transferred to us 2 weeks prior. Back then Pratt & Whitney had a bunch of bad blades (made wrong). Blade in the high pressure stage broke at the root and blew out the back of the motor..."
Sources:
1. Flight International 16-22 August 1995
2. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/3136/
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1990.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20170218120105/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/USAF/f_16_USAF_90s.htm
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soper,_Oklahoma
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Jan-2011 15:34 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2013 20:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2022 17:05 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |
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