Date:	Monday 2 August 1982
Time:
Type:	General Dynamics F-111A
Owner/operator:	430th TFS, 366th TFW, USAF
Registration:	67-0101
MSN:	A1-146
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Idaho Falls Airport, Bonneville County, Idaho (IDA/ KIDA) -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Offut AFB, Omaha, Nebraska
Destination airport:	Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Substantially damaged on August 2 1982: Returning from Offut AFB, Omaha, Nebraska. Forced emergency landing at Idaho Falls Regional Airport (KID/KIDA) in Bonneville County, Idaho, following bird strike during low level flight which caused fire in right engine

Landed safely; both crew - Captain Bill Patton and 1st Lt. Chris Singleswitch - were returned to Mountain Home AFB by a helicopter that collected them about 15:00 hours.

Eyewitness report from Chris Singleswitch: "On 2 August 1982, while Maj [now Col] William Patton and I [a 1st Lt at the time] were returning to Mountain Home after a cross-country, we struck a bird while flying low level. The aircraft's right engine shed blades in all directions, and in the cockpit we had indications of a R ENG BLEED DUCT FAIL and a right engine fire light. Climbed up, shut down the right engine, safely recovered at Idaho Falls Airport in eastern Idaho. When I climbed out of the aircraft, I saw blistered paint all along the right side of the jet, and a 2x4 foot hole on the top of the fuselage in line with the right engine. Maj Patton and I received the Dec 82 Tactical Air Command Aircrew of Distinction. We were very lucky! The blades had also severed enough hydraulic lines that we only had one hydraulic pump operating [instead of the normal four, two per engine]. Maj Patton's quick actions enabled us to fly, rather than walk, to civilization"

67-0101 was "frankenvarked" (a term used for rebuilding F-111s from substantial pieces of crashed/damaged aircraft) at General Dynamics at Phoenix. Arizona, and returned to Mountain Home, but it took 7 to 8 years to return.

Back in service by early 1989, and continued to fly until it was sent to AMARC, on August 24 , 1990 but it had less flight time than any of the "in-service" A models. In effect, it was retired just two years after a seven-year rebuild. 67-0101 was sold for scrap on May 4 2001

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_Falls_Regional_Airport
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Hyre, S. and Benoit, L. 2012. "One-eleven down/F-111 crashes and combat losses". Schiffer Publ. Ltd., Atglen, PA. (page 72).

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Feb-2013 20:47	Dr. John Smith	Added
26-Jul-2014 17:48	wjr	Updated [Source, Narrative]