ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46791
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| Date: | Monday 30 June 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn Belgische Luchtmacht |
| Registration: | FA79 |
| MSN: | 6H-70 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Petit-Han, Durbuy, Luxembourg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kleine Brogel AB, Belgium (EBBL) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
S/N 80-3570. Written off 30 June 1986 when crashed near Petit-Han,Durbuy, Walloon Province of Luxembourg, Belgium after it collided with a French Jaguar A (A116/11-MW) of the 2/11 'Escadron de Chasse'. Pilot of the F-16, Captain Jack Cavanas, ejected safely, but his French counterpart in the Jaguar, Capt. Michel Prunas, didn't survive the accident
EDIT:
This F-16 must have had the shortest life of its type in the Belgian air force.
Delivered 2 April 1984, it crashed exactly 4 months later
Only F-104G FX-08 had a even shorter life in the Belgian air force, spanning only two weeks.
Sources:
1. Flight International 16 May 1987
2. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/840/
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1980.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20090215024916/http://ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/BELGIUM/f_16_belgium.htm
5. http://www.luchtzak.be/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=12841
6. http://belmilac.wikifoundry.com/page/Part+4+%3A+FA-61+-+FA-80
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Jan-2009 03:50 | harro | Updated |
| 31-Oct-2013 07:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2014 08:25 | HH99 | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Oct-2018 17:01 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2021 17:59 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 00:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 03-May-2023 05:10 | Peter Ziegler | Updated [[Location]] |
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