RSAF F-16 crash at Tengah Air Base was due to malfunction of aircraft component; fleet to resume flying

SINGAPORE: The crash of a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16 jet at Tengah Air Base earlier this month was due to a malfunction of a component known as pitch rate gyroscopes, the Ministry o

An undated file image of an F-16 C fighter jet obtained from the Republic of Singapore Air Force website on May 20, 2004. crash of a Republic of Singapore Air Force F-16 jet at Tengah Air Base

"The flight data recorder recovered from the crashed F-16 showed that its pitch rate gyroscopes gave erroneous inputs to the flight control computer. This led to the pilot being unable to control the plane at take-off," MINDEF said in a media release.The simultaneous failure of the gyroscopes is a very rare occurrence, MINDEF said, adding that this is the first such malfunction in the RSAF's entire F-16 fleet.

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