Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) – A report by the U.S. Air Force Aircraft Investigation Board says an F-16 crash in Beauregard Parish in March of this year happened after the pilot accidentally flipped the wrong switch.
The aircraft was one of two fighter jets on a training mission when the two planes conducted an “unplanned and uncoordinated” intercept exercise below the military operating area of a general aviation aircraft flying around Beauregard Regional Airport.
The pilot safely ejected, suffering only minor injuries.
The $27 million F-16 crashed in a desolate, wooded area of Beauregard Parish around 11 a.m. on March 23.
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The F-16 was assigned to the 138th Fighter Wing (FW), 125th Fighter Squadron, Air National Guard, Tulsa Air National…
