ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161328
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Date: | Wednesday 9 October 2013 |
Time: | 05:35 |
Type: | General Dynamics F-16BM Fighting Falcon |
Owner/operator: | Grupo 8, Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FaCh) |
Registration: | 735 |
MSN: | 6E-20/L-151 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | Cerro Moreno International Airport (ANF/SCFA) Antofagasta -
Chile
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Antofagasta (ANF/SCFA) |
Destination airport: | Antofagasta (ANF/SCFA) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Suffered a landing accident at Cerro Moreno Air Force Base (located at the International Airport at Antofagasta, Chile) on 9/10/2013.
The statement of the Chilean Air Force (FACH), reports that one of the F-16’s tires burst while the unnamed pilot from the Fifth Air Brigade was taking-off, forcing him to initiate an emergency landing on the runway. An emergency services unit was deployed and the report notes also state that the emergency maneuver was “successful.”
The aircraft involved was F-16BM '735' of Grupo 8, formerly in service with the Royal Netherlands Air Force as J-655.
Sources:
1.
http://santiagotimes.cl/chile/transportation/26812-f-16-combat-jet-crashes-at-chiles-antofagasta-airport 2.
http://www.f-16.net/f-16-news-article4538.html 3.
http://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18962 4.
http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/925/ 5.
http://chiledefense.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/f-16-crash-lands-but-fleet-remains.html 6.
http://www.topix.com/cl/antofagasta/2013/10/chilean-f-16-crash-lands-at-cerro-moreno Media:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Oct-2013 14:34 |
harro |
Added |
09-Oct-2013 16:43 |
Padidiver |
Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
09-Oct-2013 17:12 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
16-Oct-2013 23:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
16-Oct-2013 23:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
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