ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66535
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 January 2008 |
| Time: | 19:30 LT |
| Type: |  General Dynamics F-16C Block 30 |
| Owner/operator: | 93rd FS, 482nd FW, USAF |
| Registration: | 87-0347 |
| MSN: | 5C-608 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gulf of Mexico, W of Key West, Florida -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Homestead AFB, Florida (HST/KHST) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An F-16 from the 93rd FS, 482nd FW, based out of Homestead Air Reserve Base crashed into the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday evening during a routine training mission.
The jet 87-0347 went into waters west of Key West, Florida at about 7:30 pm, said Homestead spokesman Tim Norton. The F-16 pilot, ejected from the aircraft and was picked up by a Navy helicopter. Norton went on to say the pilot was taken to a Key West hospital and was released hours later.
Cause was reported to have been spatial disorientation of pilot during night aggressor scenario mission. The pilot, who was wearing night vision goggles, lost contact with the horizon as he was turning 90 degree's to his left, while his jet was descending from around 22,000 feet to 12,000 feet.
While descending in the dive, he lost contact with the horizon, and became disoriented. His senses could not judge if he was in level flight, according to the board of enquiry. His lack of scanning of cockpit instruments also compounded matters.
The pilot was so disoriented that, when he thought he was turning upward in an 8.75G climb, he actually increased the steepness of the dive, the AIB report said.
The official USAF AIB report also gives the crash location as "126 nautical miles west-south-west of Homestead AFB, within the boundaries of Military Operating Area 174B, west of Key West Florida"
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20170218164837/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F-16/USAF/f_16_USAF_00s.htm
2. http://usaf.aib.law.af.mil/ExecSum2008/F-16C_Homestead_15Jan08.pdf
3. http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/2373/
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1987.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jul-2009 21:55 | Harmy | Added |
| 22-Jul-2009 00:55 | Harmy | Updated |
| 05-Apr-2012 23:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2013 15:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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