An Air Force F-16C fighter jet crashed on Tuesday at the airport in Lake Havasu, Arizona, while attempting land.The pilot was able to eject and is in good condition, the Air Force said."An F-16C assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing diverted and attempted to land at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, Lake Havasu City, Arizona, at approximately 10:35 a.m. today during a routine training flight," read a statement from Luke Air Force Base.The base is located 15 miles south of Phoenix."During landing the aircraft departed the prepared surface and the pilot ejected from the aircraft," the statement continued. "The pilot is in good condition and is being transported to Havasu Regional Medical Center.""First responders are on site and there is no immediate danger to the public," the statement added.Earlier, Terrie Has, of the Lake Havasu City Fire Department, had told ABC affiliate KNXV that a military plane had crashed at the airport and that the pilot was ambulatory after ejecting from the aircraft.</s>LAS VEGAS - An F-16 jet crashed near Lake Havasu, Arizona Tuesday shortly after 11 a.m.

According to the Lake Havasu City Fire Department, the pilot was able to eject safely from the jet but was taken to the hospital for observation.

The jet was from Luke Air Force Base in Arizona.</s>LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. — Luke Air Force Base officials say an F-16C from the 56th Fighter Wing crashed while attempting to land at a municipal airport in Arizona. The pilot ejected and wasn’t seriously injured.

Officials say the jet was on a training flight Tuesday when it diverted to the Lake Havasu City airport and went off the runway while landing, prompting the pilot to eject.

Staff Sgt. Jenna Bigham says the pilot is in good condition and was transported to a hospital.

She says she couldn’t provide information on why the plane diverted.

The Today’s News-Herald newspaper posted a photo showing the plane apparently missing the nose area of its fuselage.

Lake Havasu City is 134 miles northwest of Luke, located in Glendale, a suburb of Phoenix.</s>If you hear of Lake Havasu City and imagine it’s a relaxing place to sit by the water and escape the summer heat, think again.

Despite the name and the cool lakefront breezes it would seem to imply, Lake Havasu City is the hottest place in Arizona.

On June 29, 1994, Lake Havasu City reached 128 degrees, the highest temperature ever recorded in Arizona. That made Lake Havasu City the second hottest place in the United States, trailing only Death Valley in California.

Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley hit 134 degrees on July 10, 1913, (the highest documented temperature on Earth according to the World Meteorological Organization) and has topped 128 degrees seven times, according to the National Weather Service in Las Vegas.

Turns out Lake Havasu doesn't have much impact on the weather in that city at all.

If you look at the highest temperatures recorded in Arizona, you’ll find many are along the Colorado River in places such as Bullhead City, Parker, Willow Beach and Yuma. In the Phoenix metro area, only Buckeye, Laveen and Litchfield Park would make the list thanks to an exceptionally hot couple of days in July 1995 when highs reached 125 degrees.

Phoenix’s record high of 122 degrees on June 26, 1990, doesn't even crack the top 10.

Lake Havasu City has 11 days with highs of at least 123 degrees and Bullhead City has reached that mark 17 times. Bullhead City’s record high is 126 degrees on five occasions (most recently on June 23, 2017.

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State Climatologist Nancy Selover said the Colorado River can’t compete with the nearby desert and climate factors that have a bigger influence on western Arizona.

“It’s kind of on the downhill side of the California mountains and it’s very isolated,” Selover said. “There are lots of rocks and those get very hot. And I know during the summer the monsoon circulation typically does not get there. They end up being kind of like Death Valley.”

The lack of monsoon circulation heats up western Arizona in a few ways.

Without clouds to provide some relief from the sun (not to mention the chance for rain), solar energy during long late-spring and early summer days is unchecked. Without monsoon moisture, the air is incredibly dry. And it takes less energy to heat dry air than moist air, so temperatures can soar.

The rocky terrain also contributes to a sort of a heat-island effect in a relatively sparsely populated area. Those rocks hold onto heat in a similar fashion to concrete and asphalt found in big cities and keep temperatures from falling as much at night.

“It’s a real dry, dry, dry hot desert to the west of there,” Selover said. “Sometimes you’ll get winds still coming from the west that are blowing that hot air in that direction. There’s just no moisture.”

Another factor that contributes to the heat in the Lake Havasu City area is the lack of agricultural activity in the area.

Selover said some places that share similar geography to the Arizona cities along the Colorado River get a little relief from having irrigated crops nearby.

“Places like Needles, Bakersfield are not quite as hot probably only because those towns are in the middle of irrigated agriculture,” Selover said. “Even Blythe, they’re constantly irrigating all around the place. But in Bullhead City, nothing is going on like that. They’re not growing a single thing.”

The rest of Arizona gets plenty hot, but elevation and monsoon moisture tend to keep temperatures from reaching these levels.</s>LAKE HAVASU CITY - A fighter jet had a crash landing at the Lake Havasu City airport Tuesday afternoon. Details about the crash were not immediately available, but no deaths were reported.

Road traffic was slowed near the municipal airport after the fighter jet rolled off the runway into a dirt area.

According to U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Jenna Bingham, the F-16C aircraft was assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing, based at Luke Air Force Base near Glendale. The plane diverted and attempted to land at Lake Havasu City Municipal Air Port at about 10:35 a.m. as part of a routine training flight.

During its landing, the aircraft rolled off the runway and the pilot ejected safely, Bingham said. The pilot was in good condition, and was taken away in a stretcher by medical personnel. He was being treated at Havasu Regional Medical Center.

From a distance, it was obvious the plane’s nose cone became detached during the crash, as did the front portion of the aircraft’s canopy, as result of the pilot’s ejection.

Airport officials would not comment about the crash, and Lake Havasu City police officers at the scene advised that pedestrians remain at a distance of at least 1,000 feet from the crash site because of safety concerns about chemicals and jet fuel.

Updates to this story will be provided as new details emerge.</s>An F-16C assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing crashed after the plane tried to make an emergency landing Tuesday morning at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, Air Force officials said.

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. — An F-16C assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing crashed after the plane tried to make an emergency landing at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport during a routine training flight Tuesday morning, Air Force officials said.

“During landing the aircraft departed the prepared surface and the pilot ejected from the aircraft,” according to a news release from Luke Air Force Base Public Affairs office outside Phoenix.

The release said the pilot was in good condition and was transported to Havasu Regional Medical Center.

Luke Air Force Base indicated that first responders are at the site of the 10:35 a.m. crash, and there is no immediate danger to the public.

Undersheriff Ed Trafecanty said the Mohave County Sheriff’s office is providing support for those involved with the incident and the accident investigation.

He indicated the plane apparently developed engine trouble and sought an emergency landing at that airport.</s>A pilot was in good condition after ejecting from an F-16 fighter jet while attempting to land this morning in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., about 150 miles south of Las Vegas, according to officials at Luke Air Force Base.

The pilot of the jet, assigned to the Arizona base, was on a training flight when he diverted about 10:30 a.m. to Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport following an unspecified issue, officials said.

The pilot, who was not identified, was hospitalized but was OK, officials said.

The incident comes on the heels of an F-16 crash earlier this month at the Nevada Test and Training Range northwest of Las Vegas that killed Air Force Thunderbirds pilot Maj. Stephen Del Bagno.

Del Bagno, based out of Nellis Air Force Base near North Las Vegas, was conducting a training flight April 4 when his aircraft went down, officials said.</s>Road traffic was slowed near Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport on Tuesday after a multi-million dollar fighter jet rolled off of the runway.

According to U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Jenna Bingham, the F-16C aircraft was assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing. The plane diverted and attempted to land at Lake Havasu City Municipal Air Port at about 10:35 a.m. as part of a routine training flight.

During its landing, the aircraft departed the prepared landing surface and the pilot ejected safely, Bingham said. The pilot was in good condition, and was transported by first responders to Havasu Regional Medical Center.

From a distance, the plane’s nosecone became detached during the crash, as did the front portion of the aircraft’s canopy, as result of the pilot’s ejection.

Airport officials would not comment about the crash, and police officers at the scene advised that pedestrians remain at a distance of at least 1,000 feet from the crash site because of safety concerns in reference to chemicals and jet fuel.</s>Transcript for Pilot forced to eject from F-16 fighter jet after crash

Two B index of other news the F sixteen crash in lake papacy city Arizona the pilot force to a jet we'll trying to land during a training mission. Going down your municipal airport the pilot from Luke air force base was not badly hurt.</s>Details are limited at this time, but it appears that an F-16 based out of Luke AFB has crashed near Lake Havasu, possibly while attempting to make an emergency landing at a small airport. A photo of a largely intact—sans cockpit—F-16 with Luke AFB markings laying on the ground has popped up on the Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page. According to initial reports, which we cannot confirm at this time, the pilot was able to make it out and was walking around after the crash. We have reached out to Luke AFB directly and they have confirmed that one of their aircraft was involved in a mishap and that more details will be coming soon.

Luke AFB, located on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona is a major training base for F-16 pilots from around the world as well as F-35 pilots.

"An F-16C assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing diverted and attempted to land at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, Lake Havasu City, Ariz. at approximately 10:35 a.m. today during a routine training flight. During landing the aircraft departed the prepared surface and the pilot ejected from the aircraft. The pilot is in good condition and is being transported to Havasu Regional Medical Center. First responders are on site and there is no immediate danger to the public."

Havasu City Municipal has an 8,000X100 foot runway, which is long enough for an F-16 to land safely under normal conditions. If the jet had lost the ability to brake and/or landed long during a flameout, that's a different story as there is no arresting wire or barrier available to stop it from rolling beyond the runway's far edge.
A United States F-16C fighter jet crashes during a landing attempt at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The pilot escapes via ejection and is hospitalised.