ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144507
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 March 2012 |
| Time: | 03:00 UTC |
| Type: |  Lockhed Martin F-16C Block 40K |
| Owner/operator: | 36th FSqn /51st FWg USAF |
| Registration: | 90-0771 |
| MSN: | 1C-379 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 14 nm NE of Kunsan Air Base, Gunsan, North Jeolla Province -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Osan AB, South Korea (OSN/RKSO) |
| Kunsan AB, South Korea (KUN/RKJK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airforce officials report that an F-16C block 40 from 36 FS based at Osan has crashed today near Kunsan Air Base, during a routine training mission. The pilot safely ejected.
The 51st Fighter Wing said the incident took place around noon Wednesday (03:00 GMT). The plane crashed into a rice paddy field near the US air base in the western port city of Gunsan, the US military said in a brief statement.
The U.S. military is in the midst of Foal Eagle, its largest annual joint exercise with the South Korean military. It was confirmed that the F-16 was participating in an exercise at the time of the crash.
"We are grateful the pilot is safe and that no one was injured," said Col. Patrick McKenzie, 51st Fighter Wing commander. "Our main priority now is conducting an investigation to determine what happened."
A board of inquiry will investigate the accident
Sources:
1. https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-military-jet-crashes-korea-pilot-safe-071926784.html
2. https://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/international/22-Mar-2012/us-jet-crashes-in-south-korea
3. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/aircraft-assignments-active/unit/USAF%2036%20FS/
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20130802011514/http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123294702
5. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2118177/U-S-Air-Force-pilot-successfully-bails-doomed-F-16-Fighting-Falcon-crash-training-mission.html
6. http://www.f-16.net/f-16-news-article4534.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Mar-2012 02:31 | plcedi | Added |
| 22-Mar-2012 01:39 | plcedi | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2012 10:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Oct-2012 16:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2013 08:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 14-Feb-2021 18:26 | Lelek | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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