ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162458
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 June 2005 |
| Time: | 13:39 |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16C |
| Owner/operator: | 120th FSqn/140th FWg Colorado ANG USAF |
| Registration: | 87-0337 |
| MSN: | 5C-598 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA), CO -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Buckley ANGB, Aurora, Colorado (BFK/KBFK) |
| Lamar Municipal Airport, Colorado (LAA/KLAA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Whilst on a sortie from Buckley ANGB, Aurora, Colorado, the pilot tried to make an emergency landing of the plane at Lamar Municipal Airport (LAA/KLAA) - a city owned, public airport, three miles south west of Lamar, in Prowers County, Colorado, USA, after fire warnings went off in the cockpit.
When the pilot, Major Julian Clay, realized he wouldn't be able to stop before hitting the end of the runway, he ejected, only suffering minor injuries (reportedly a sprained ankle). After the ejection the plane ran off the runway and split in two. This was the second ejection of this pilot; he had previously ejected from F-16 86-0325 on November 9 1993 (which see).
Air Force officials later determined (in a press release dated November 23 2005) that an improperly installed engine augmenter fan manifold caused a severe fuel leak, and, as a result, the F-16 caught fire and crash-landed at Lamar Municipal Airport.
Sources:
1. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/2363/
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1987.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20160402214107/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/PROJECT/Biographies/C/Clay_Julian/2005-0-628_Clay_Julian.htm
4. http://usaf.aib.law.af.mil/ExecSum2005/F-16C_28June05.pdf
5. https://www.flickr.com/photos/last_lightning/4390319854/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Nov-2013 00:47 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Nov-2013 00:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 12-Feb-2020 15:25 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Oct-2021 12:00 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
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