On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 16:01:00 GMT, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:08:47 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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So far, it's been 50/50. The first high-speed low-level military
flight, that collided with a glider, was able to make it safely to its
original destination. Miraculously, the glider safely landed missing
several feet of wing and aileron! If I recall correctly, the NTSB
found the glider pilot to be at fault, despite the see-and-avoid
regulations!

The F-16 involved in the Florida MAC became uncontrollable; its
military pilot safely ejected and walked away.

Those are the only two incidents?

Those two are the only two military v civil MACs of which I am aware.
Granted, the universe of my search has been limited to the USA. I
would welcome information about others that you, or anyone else, may
be able to provide.

The worst military vs civil midair in the US was probably the
one between a Navy F-4 and a Hughes Airwest DC-9 near Duarte, CA
on 6 June 1971. Both aircraft were destroyed, with 49 fatalities
aboard the DC-9. One of the F-4 crewmembers survived.

According to the NTSB accident database there have been more.
Their online database is searchable back to 1962. I didn't
feel like searching for every type of military aircraft I could
think of, but since 1962 there have been the following midair
collisions between civil aircraft and military F-4s, F-14s, and
F-16s in the United States:

06 Jun 1971
The above midair between a Navy F-4 and a DC-9.

16 May 1975:
A USAF RF-4C collided with a Schweitzer 2-32 near Colorado Springs,
CO. Both aircraft landed safely (this is probably the first incident
you refer to above.)

09 Jan 1983
An ANG F-4C collided with a Beech Baron in the Atlantic
Coastal ADIZ about 30 miles from Cherry Point, NC. All
7 aboard the Baron were lost at sea, and the F-4 landed
safely. The F-4 was attempting to intercept and identify
the Baron, which was flying direct from Nassau in the Bahamas
to Norfolk, VA even though the pilot had filed a flight plan
from Nassau to clear customs in Fort Pierce, FL and then on
to Norfolk.

20 Jun 1985
An ANG RF-4C collided with a Beech 18 at Birmingham, AL after the
tower controller cleared the Beech 18 onto the runway,
then forgot about it and cleared the F-4 to land.

28 Jun 1990
A Navy F-14 took evasive action to avoid a Bellanca Viking near
Ojai, CA. The Viking suffered structural damage to the rear
wing spar when it flew into wake turbulence from the F-14 (OK,
not quite a collision, but close.)

16 Nov 2000
A USAF F-16 collided with a Cessna 172 near Bradenton, FL
(this is the second accident you refer to above.)

Not exactly military-civilian, but kind of close: there was a midair
between a Grumman F6F Hellcat and a Cessna 182 near Parker, AZ on
11 Jan 2003.

Outside the United States, there have been at least two other
midairs between military aircraft and airliners:

06 Jun 1971
A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-86 collided with an
All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 over northern Honshu. There
were 162 fatalities aboard the 727. The F-86 pilot survived.

22 Dec 1992
A Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727 collided with a Libyan
Air Force MiG-23 near Tripoli. 157 fatalities aboard the 727,
no information seems to be available about the fate of the
MiG-23's pilot.


ljd