ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162490
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Date: | Monday 9 January 2006 |
Time: | |
Type: | General Dynamics F-16E |
Owner/operator: | United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAEAF) |
Registration: | 3052 |
MSN: | RE-27 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Al Ain (AAN) -
United Arab Emirates
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Al Ain (AAN/OMAL) |
Destination airport: | Al Ain (AAN/OMAL) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed during demonstration flight. Pilot Dan Levin managed to eject safely. Apparently entered a loop too low or had a density altitude problem. The F-16 hit the ground tail first at high angle of attack with high sink rate and in full afterburner, bounced once and crashed.
Sources:
1.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/2000.html 2.
http://web.archive.org/web/20160806062732/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/UAE/f_16_uae.htm 3.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2006/January/theuae_January220.xml§ion=theuae&col=
4.
http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/airshow06/alain/alain.htm 5.
http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/4535/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Nov-2013 18:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
28-Feb-2014 16:34 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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