ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56732
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| Date: | Monday 24 February 2003 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed Martin F-16C-30A Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | 117 Sqn Israeli AF (IDF/AF) |
| Registration: | 310 |
| MSN: | 4J-6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moshav On-Ram, near Ramat David AFB -
 Israel
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ramat David AFB, Israel |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
F-16C 310 from the No. 117 "First Jet Squadron" crashed on 24/02/2003: Details are not exactly clear but it suffered an engine failure right after take off or upon landing and the pilot ejected, the plane coming down a mere few miles from base; it crashed into the side of a water reservoir near Moshav Ram-On
The pilot ejected safely at about 2,000 feet near Afula, Israel, and was recovered by a IAF/DF SAR helicopter.
Although not named, the pilot was reported to be a veteran IDFAF reserves officer, with the rank of major.
The IDF/AF has now grounded all its F-16 until an investigation figures out why the aircraft crashed.
*Cause: loose metal pin in the engine comparment (not one of the engine comparment) jammed one of the vital engine gear.
Sources:
Scramble 288
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/266317.html
http://www.iafe.net/310.htm [photos of wreckage]
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=1746
*AFM JUL 2003
http://web.archive.org/web/20170917202005/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/ISRAEL/F-16.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2011 14:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Nov-2011 07:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2013 20:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2020 20:41 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2021 11:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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