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Date: | Monday 1 October 1979 |
Time: | |
Type: | General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon |
Owner/operator: | 16th TFTSqn USAF |
Registration: | 78-0006 |
MSN: | 61-12 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Nellis AFB, 2 miles NE of Rachel, Nevada -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Nellis AFB, Nevada |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed in Nevada due to an engine problem. An MOT&E aircraft was lost as it ran out of flight control authority. The pilot was simply rocking the wings at low altitiude to acknowledge an F-15 simulated attack over Nellis range.
The flight control limitations were not fully known or understood by engineers and the triple ejection racks (TERs) loaded on stations 3 & 7 disrupted airflow over the wings causing loss of control at low altitude. Pilot ejected successfully and was able to steer himself clear of the fireball without injury.
Sources:
http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/16 http://web.archive.org/web/20170306224555/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/USAF/f_16_USAF_80s.htm
http://www.dreamlandresort.com/info/crash_sites.html
http://www.rachel-nevada.com/rachel_history.html
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Nov-2008 10:35 |
ASN archive |
Added |
12-Apr-2011 15:51 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
03-Oct-2011 14:49 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
15-Feb-2021 21:21 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, Operator] |