ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68207
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| Date: | Sunday 13 September 2009 |
| Time: | 13:45 LT |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | 140 Sqn Israeli AF (IDF/AF) |
| Registration: | 140 |
| MSN: | 6V-30 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bnei Haver, South of Hebron, Daoud Zatari -
 Israel
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ramon AB, Israel (LLRM) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-USAF 78-0337, delivered to Israel under FMS Program Peace Marble I 20 April 1981. Written off on 13 September 2009 when crashed at 13:45 hours local near the village of Bnei Haver, south of Hebron, Daoud Zatari, Israel.
The F-16 dived into the ground from 18,000 feet after executing ACMI training. The pilot, Lieutenant Assaf Ramon (son of Col. Ilan Ramon, who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia accident on February 1 2003) was killed in the accident. Probable cause was G-LOC (G-induced Loss of Conciousness), as the pilot did not respond to radio calls, nor did he eject or attempt to initiate the ejection sequence
Assaf Ramon was posthumusly promoted to the rank of captain at the age of just 21.
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20090927022307/http://www.google.com:80/hostednews/afp/article/A
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8253465.stm
3. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/337/
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1978.html
5. http://www.f-16.net/f-16-news-article3832.html
6. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.sky-high.co.il/134771/]%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%AA-%D7%A0%D7%A5-140---13-9-2009
7. http://web.archive.org/web/20100123081036/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/ISRAEL/f16_israel.htm
8. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3776247,00.html
9. https://www.jta.org/2009/09/13/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/ilan-ramons-son-killed-in-f-16-crash
10. http://web.archive.org/web/20090927022307/http://www.google.com:80/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hseG2-ScWc-hq78NoiwdIlEDlRjA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2009 10:36 | mironb | Added |
| 13-Sep-2009 10:43 | harro | Updated |
| 13-Sep-2009 10:44 | harro | Updated |
| 14-Sep-2009 01:27 | mironb | Updated |
| 19-Mar-2012 03:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2013 06:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2014 08:38 | H.Shaft | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-Feb-2021 11:49 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Operator] |
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