ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46826
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 July 1985 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | 496th TFSqn /50th TFWg USAF |
| Registration: | 80-0606 |
| MSN: | 61-327 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hahn AFB, Rhein-Hunsrück district of Rhineland-Palatinate -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hahn AFB (EDAH) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 30/7/1985 when caught fire and was destroyed on the runway at Hahn, West Germany. Pilot Mike Jaensch, ejected from the aircraft safely. Investigation found that when the pilot, on his take off run, went into full afterburner, a fan blade from the engine broke off and went into a fuel tank, which caused it it catch fire on the runway.
Damaged beyond economic repair, 80-0606 was been last seen in 2002 on "Celebrity Row" in the "Bone Yard" in Tucson, Arizona
Sources:
1. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/745/
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20170306224555/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/USAF/f_16_USAF_80s.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hahn_Air_Base#496th_Fighter-Interceptor_Squadron
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1980.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Oct-2013 21:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2020 14:54 | Dietmar Heinz | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-Feb-2021 14:36 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
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