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| Date: | Monday 4 June 2018 |
| Time: | 13:43 LT |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) |
| Registration: | 6685 |
| MSN: | TA-85 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wufenshan, New Taipei City -
 Taiwan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hualien Airport |
| Keelung City |
The jet fighter took off from the base at 13:09 and was missing during the training flight. The wreckage of the plane was found by a hiker on the Wufenshan hiking trail about 3km from the meteorological radar observatory.
The black box was found Tuesday June, 5 afternoon about 120 meters below the site of the crash.
The pilot, Major Wu Yan-ting (31) (吳彥霆), was found dead on scene. He had 736 hours experience flying F-16.
Sources:
www.focustaiwan.tw
http://taiwanenglishnews.com/fighter-plane-crashes-during-military-exercise/
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/06/05/2003694341
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2018/06/05/4321528217355/
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https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8798718
Last ASN occurence F-16 ejection for the pilot (2013): https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=155935
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Media:
An F-16 #6685 went missing in a mountainous region of northern Taiwan this afternoon, and wreckage has reportedly been found by a hiker on a trail in the vicinity of Ruifang District. The fate of the pilot is still unknownhttps://t.co/6OxTjAQqtB pic.twitter.com/rNr5s8lFkC
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 4 juin 2018
Taiwan F-16 fighter jet crashes, killing pilot.https://t.co/oyHodVrDfg via @ChannelNewsAsia
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 4 juin 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2018 08:08 | gerard57 | Added |
| 04-Jun-2018 09:42 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jun-2018 10:58 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jun-2018 11:00 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Photo, ] |
| 04-Jun-2018 14:36 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total fatalities, Embed code, ] |
| 04-Jun-2018 17:12 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jun-2018 20:19 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jan-2020 09:43 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 20-Apr-2020 20:10 | AlLach | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 05-Apr-2021 09:59 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 19-Jun-2021 14:58 | TB | Updated [Operator, Embed code, ] |
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