ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162497
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 March 2006 |
| Time: | 09:19 LT |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16CG Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | 35th FS, 8th FW, USAF |
| Registration: | 89-2099 |
| MSN: | 1C-252 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Yellow Sea, 20 miles SW of Kunsan AB, North Jerolla Province -
 South Korea
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kunsan AB, South Korea (KUN/RKJK) |
| Kunsan AB, South Korea (KUN/RKJK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 14 March 2006: Lost at sea around 09:19 hours twenty miles south west Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. Pilot was Captain Donald Siegmund, of the 35th Fighter Squadron ejected safely and returned to base shortly after. He spent about 55 minutes in the water before a South Korean air force rescue helicopter dispatched to the scene found and lifted him to safety.
The official USAF report into the incident attributed the crash to a total failure of the flight control systems. The recovered Flight Data Recorder showed that the aircraft experienced an ISA ALL FAIL error in the fly-by-wire electronic controls
Sources:
1. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/2947/
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1989.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170218164837/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/USAF/f_16_USAF_00s.htm
4. http://usaf.aib.law.af.mil/ExecSum2006/F-16CG_Kunsan_14Mar06.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Nov-2013 19:28 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Nov-2013 19:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 16-Feb-2021 10:08 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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