F-16C Fighting Falcon Crash Site

November 19th 2019





Summery :

 The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a supersonic multirole fighter aircraft for the US Air Force. Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. Over 4,500 aircraft have been built since production was approved in 1976.

This F-16C (#85-1413) was belonged to the 57th Wing at Nellis AFB.

The pilot Cpt. Eric Ziegler was assigned to the 53rd Wing out of Eglin AFB, but was based at Nellis AFB with the 422nd Test & Evaluation Squadron.
He was focused on Weapons Instructor Course preparation and needed one more sortie to complete the attendance prerequisites.

On June 28, 2011, at 5:16 PM, just Twenty-six minutes into the mission, during a simulated air-to-air combat engagements, the high-speed turnign maneuver likely involving 8 or more Gs, Cpt. Ziegler experienced G-Induced Loss of Consciousness (G-LOC).
He had excessive motivation to succeed during his fourth engagement and had slight fatigue, which resulted that he did not perform an anti-G straining maneuver which led to the G-LOC.
Cpt.Eric Ziegler did not eject and aircraft impacted the ground.


    
Description



Manufacturer:
General Dynamics
Base model:
F-16
Version:
C
Nickname:
Fighting Falcon
Designation System:
U.S. Air Force
Designation Period:
1978-
Basic role:
Multirole fighter, air superiority fighter
Serial Number:
85-1413
Year built:
1985
Crash Date:
6/28/2011
Fatalities:
1




Specifications



Length:
49' 5" 15.06 m
Height:
16' 0" 4.88 m
Wingspan:
32' 8" 9.96 m
Wingarea:
300.0 sq ft 27.87 sq m
Empty Weight:
18,900 lb 8,570 kg
Max Takeoff Weight:
42,300 lb 19,200 kg





Propulsion



No. of Engines:
1
Powerplant:
Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220/220E afterburning turbofan
Dry Thrust:
17,155 lbf
Thrust with Afterburner:
28,600 lbf





Performance



Max Speed:
1,320 mph 2,120 km/h Mach 2
Ceiling:
50,000 ft+ 15,240 m+
Range:(with drop tanks)
2,620 miles 4,220 km





Unit Cost:
$14.6 million


    
Other F-16 Link :
 Wikipedia Link : General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
    



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