ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229124
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| Date: | Thursday 19 September 2019 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16BM Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | FB-18 |
| MSN: | 6J-18 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Guernic, Pluvigner, Morbihan 56 -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Florennes airbase (EBFS) (Belgium) |
| Lann-Bihoué Airbase (LFRH) (France) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Belgian military F-16BM fighter crashed in a residential area after an inflight engine fire. The aircraft was unarmed and on a navigation training flight.
Both pilots ejected before the crash and survived. One of them was entangled in powerlines with his parachute and rescued by emergency services.
One house was severely damaged, clipped by one wing of the aircraft, which then crashed in cornfield.
No injuries were reported on the ground.
Sources:
https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/morbihan/pluvigner-crash-d-un-avion-de-chasse-belge-en-exercice-6527298
https://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_un-avion-de-chasse-f16-belge-s-est-ecrase-en-france-ce-matin?id=10319288
https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bretagne/morbihan/pluvigner-avion-chasse-belge-s-ecrase-lors-exercice-1724733.html
https://www.letelegramme.fr/fait-divers/pluvigner-un-avion-de-chasse-de-l-armee-belge-s-ecrase-19-09-2019-12386877.php
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NEWS @BeAirForce
— Belgian Air Force🇧🇪 (@BeAirForce) September 19, 2019
- un de nos F16 s'est écrasé près de Lorient en France. Les pilotes ont quitté l'avion avec leurs sieges éjectables.
Un General Dynamics F-16BM belge s’est écrasé ce jeudi matin à Pluvigner dans le Morbihan, France. Les deux occupants sont sains et saufs, il n’y a pas eu de blessé au sol...
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) September 19, 2019
ASN: https://t.co/pJfpb9hnqa
Presse: https://t.co/ostzQ9PGz6 pic.twitter.com/T3XnxEMgol
FIRST LOOK: Pilot of Belgian F16 jet stuck on high-voltage line after ejecting from plane in western France. pic.twitter.com/IoAduFrMWm
— Joe Kelley (@talkradiojoe) September 19, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Sep-2019 09:34 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Sep-2019 10:10 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2019 10:56 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2019 11:23 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2019 11:43 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Sep-2019 12:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2019 12:54 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 19-Sep-2019 12:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code] |
| 19-Sep-2019 13:00 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Sep-2019 13:08 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2019 13:09 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 19-Sep-2019 13:26 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 19-Sep-2019 13:38 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 19-Sep-2019 13:41 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 19-Sep-2019 13:42 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2019 13:44 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 19-Sep-2019 13:46 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn] |
| 19-Sep-2019 13:48 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn] |
| 19-Sep-2019 13:54 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Photo] |
| 19-Sep-2019 14:02 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 19-Sep-2019 14:14 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 19-Sep-2019 14:16 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 05-Apr-2021 10:03 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 01-Jul-2022 15:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 01-Jul-2022 16:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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