ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46463
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| Date: | Thursday 21 November 1996 |
| Time: | 18:31 |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16A |
| Owner/operator: | 184th FSqn / 188th FWg Arkansas ANG USAF |
| Registration: | 82-1020 |
| MSN: | 61-613 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 miles SW of Skiatook, Osage County, OK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fort Smith AFB, Arkansas |
| Fort Smith AFB, Arkansas | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Call sign OZARK 3 of the 184th FS, 188th FW, Arkansas Air National Guard, USAF, crashed about 15 miles N of Tulsa and 2 miles SW of Skiatook, Oklahoma, during a training sortie from its home base at Fort Smith, Arkansas. The pilot ejected safely but suffered only minor injuries.
According to the following extract from the summary of the official USAF report into the incident:
"On 21 November 1996, Captain Derrick S. Knight was scheduled to fly as number 3 of a 4-ship Night Airborne Air Refueling (NAAR) training mission to the Eureka Military Operating Area (MOA), Kansas.
The flight of 4 F-16As was filed as call sign Ozark 1, led by Major Kean U. Cunningham, (the subsequent member's call signs were Ozark 2, 3, and 4) and departed Tulsa, Oklahoma Airport at 1754 Central Standard Time (CST). Ozark I Flight took off, flew directly to Eureka where they joined with Buddy 48, a KC-135 tanker from McConnell AFB, Kansas, and refuelled at 21,000 feet.
Refueling order was Ozark 1, followed by Ozark 3, Ozark 2 and then Ozark 4. After refuelling, Ozark I and 2 remained in the MOA to perform Intercept training, and Ozark 3 and 4 returned pursuant to their flight plan to Tulsa Airport for full stop landings.
While levelling off at 10,000 feet on an en route descent, Ozark 3 experienced a loud bang which knocked his feet off the rudder pedals. He noticed a loss of thrust, and decreased engine RPMs. Ozark 4, the wingman flying on Ozark 3's right side, noticed sparks, flames, and baseball-sized pieces of glowing debris exit Ozark 3's tailpipe.
Ozark 3 attempted to restart the engine using emergency procedures. Two air start attempts were unsuccessful, and Ozark 3 then prepared for an ejection. Ozark 4 assisted with radio communications to notify Kansas City Air Route Traffic Control Center and Tulsa Approach Control of the emergency.
Upon receiving a directional heading from the Tulsa RADAR facility to an unpopulated area, Ozark 3 Initiated a bail out sequence. The ejection equipment performed normally. Captain Knight ejected and touched down near Skiatook Airport, and suffered just superficial bruises. The aircraft impacted In a field approximately 2 miles southwest of Skiatook, Oklahoma at 36'22" N, 96'01" W."
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20170218120105/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/USAF/f_16_USAF_90s.htm
2. http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0305/ML030580855.pdf
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1982.html
4. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/1350/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiatook,_Oklahoma
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Nov-2013 19:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2015 09:14 | JINX | Updated [Date, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2020 15:35 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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