ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144719
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| Date: | Friday 30 March 2012 |
| Time: | 13:10 LT |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16B-20M Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | Grupo 8, Fuerza Aérea de Chile - FACh |
| Registration: | 735 |
| MSN: | 6E-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport (ANF/SCFA) -
 Chile
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ANF/SCFA |
| ANF/SCFA | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Fuerza Aérea de Chile General Dynamics F-16BM Fighting Falcon of Grupo 8 performed an emergency landing and landed with a partly deployed landing gear at Antofagasta-Cerro Moreno Airport, Antofagasta (ANF/SCFA), Chile.
Both pilots escaped unhurt. Aircraft was a Fokker built F-16B, (Fokker C/No.L-151) which originally served with the KLu (Netherlands Air force) as "J-655" from 28/10/1983 to 3/6/2007. After this incident the aircraft was withdrawn from service and stored pending a decision upon whether or nor repairs will go ahead
Sources:
1. http://ivansiminic.blogspot.com/2012/03/f-16-aterriza-sin-tren-en-antofagasta.html
2. http://www.cooperativa.cl/avion-f-16-de-la-fach-protagonizo-accidente-en-antofagasta/prontus_nots/2012-03-30/135214.html
3. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/925/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2012 14:34 | harro | Added |
| 30-Mar-2012 17:49 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2012 15:47 | RobertMB | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2013 03:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2013 03:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Embed code, Narrative] |
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