You can get a free transcript from the IRS:
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript
Are you trying to retrieve a prior-year return that was prepared in a different account than the one you used for 2016?
Have you located the account with the prior return and can sign in OK, but it was prepared in Free Edition, so access is locked until you upgrade? Or can you not find/sign into the other account at all?
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That's good news. Were you able to download the return you needed?
You can get a free transcript from the IRS:
https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript