ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46310
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| Date: | Monday 28 August 2000 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | 457th FSqn /101st FWg USAF |
| Registration: | 85-1456 |
| MSN: | 5C-236 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 4 miles from Tulla, Swisher County, Texas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hill AFB, Utah (HIF/KHIF) |
| Fort Worth NAS JRB (FWH/KNFW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off when crashed 28 August 2000, four miles from Tulla, Swisher County, Texas, during an unauthorised aerobatic display. The F-16 clipped the top of a barn at a farm near Tulia, before impacting a ploughed field. Pilot, Major Stephen W. Simmons, was buzzing his in-laws, since they owned the property.
He was in the process of completing a loop, starting at 140 feet with a top of only 4,759 feet. Unfortunately he wasn't able to complete the loop and never ejected. Time of the crash was 18:00 hours, and the F-16 was en route from Hill AFB, near Ogden, Utah, to Fort Worth Naval Air Station (Joint Reserve Base) at Carswell Field, Texas. Eye witnesses said the aircraft lost power and then crashed.
Sources:
1. http://www.scramble.nl [Scramble 257]
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulia,_Texas
3. http://www.f-16.net/news_article567.html
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1985.html
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20170218164837/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/USAF/f_16_USAF_00s.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Nov-2013 23:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2021 17:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
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