The 318th FIS operated the F-15A from 1983 until 1989, when the unit was disbanded. This particular aircraft crashed on 18 May 1989. From eyewitness and newspaper accounts, it seems that the a/c struck a guy-wire attached to a broadcasting antenna (WMBB-TV Panama City/FL) with the left wing, however the pilot managed to recover to Tyndall AFB with the F-15 left side trashed from the wire. On landing it departed the runway and wound up on its nose when the nose gear failed. The pilot made a hasty exit and left the #2 engine running which proceeded to suck up dirt until Flight Safety came and shut it down. Apparently the refueling probe structure was all that was holding the left wing on. Usable parts were removed and the rest was recycled.

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