The U.S. Air Force completed its investigation of the April 2nd F-16 Fighting Falcon accident at Gila Bend Auxiliary Airfield, AZ with the Accident Investigation Board determining that the cause of the mishap was pilot error. The accident resulted in substantial damage to the...
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The U.S. Air Force completed its investigation of the April 2nd F-16 Fighting Falcon accident at Gila Bend Auxiliary Airfield, AZ with the Accident Investigation Board determining that the cause of the mishap was pilot error.
The accident resulted in substantial damage to the fighter that landed with its landing gear up.
The F-16 was assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke AFB, AZ. The aircraft was flown by a student going through the instructor pilot upgrade course and assigned to the 61st Fighter Squadron at Luke AFB. An instructor pilot, also assigned to the 61st Fighter Squadron, was in the front seat when the mishap occurred.
The student pilot in the back seat was practicing landing approaches at Gila Bend Auxiliary Airfield.
The report said retracting the landing gear before advancing the throttle to full power to return to flight, following a successful approach and landing, caused the aircraft to settle on the ground.
Neither pilot was injured. Other than damage to the aircraft, there was no property damage.
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