ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46571
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| Date: | Friday 18 September 1992 |
| Time: | 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16A |
| Owner/operator: | 179th FIS, 148th FIG, Minnesota ANG, USAF |
| Registration: | 80-0566 |
| MSN: | 61-287 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 miles N of Duluth International Airport, Duluth, Minnesota -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Duluth International Airport (DLH/KDLH) |
| Duluth International Airport (DLH/KDLH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
F-16A 80-0566 of the 179th FIS, 148th FIG, Minnesota Air National guard, USAF, was destroyed in a crash near Duluth, Minnesota when a bird was ingested at approximately 750 feet during take off from Duluth International Airport (DLH/KDLH), a city-owned, public-use, joint civil-military airport located five nautical miles (9 km) north west of the central business district of Duluth, in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
80-0566 Crashed in a wooded area about 2 miles north of Duluth International Airport. The pilot, Major Dave Johnson ejected safely.
The tail of this aircraft is now hanging from the ceiling at Grandma's Sports Garden Bar in Duluth.
Sources:
1. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/705/
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1980.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20170218120105/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/USAF/f_16_USAF_90s.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/148th_Fighter_Wing#Modern_era
5. http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0907/ML090770385.pdf (page 94)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Nov-2013 20:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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