Board releases F-16 accident report Published Oct. 8, 2003 LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- An F-16 pilot's failure to follow emergency checklist procedures for a failed hydraulic pump caused the F-16CG Fighting Falcon he was taxiing to collide with a parked F-16 at a forward-operating location June 15.The aircraft, assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, was deployed with the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.According to the Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board report released Oct. 8, the aircraft lost its primary brake system when the pump that provides primary hydraulic pressure to the aircraft's brakes and nose wheel steering failed.The pilot, who had just returned from a six-hour mission, continued taxiing after landing, depleting the hydraulic accumulators designed to provide about 75 seconds of backup braking. The result was a complete loss of braking and steering capability that led to the collision.The damage to both aircraft and several pieces of ground equipment is estimated at $3.2 million. One maintenance person was injured in the mishap. There was no damage to other military or civilian property. (Courtesy of ACC News Service)