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F-22 Raptor Came To A Rest On Its Belly During Major Mishap Friday At NAS Fallon
Posted on 4/17/18 at 8:20 am
Posted on 4/17/18 at 8:20 am
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An F-22A Raptor belonging to Elmendorf Air Force Base's 3rd Wing was involved in a major mishap this weekend. Details remain sketchy and are likely to change, but a source told The War Zone that the jet may have retracted its gear too early during takeoff, with the aircraft slamming back down on the runway at relatively high speed and skidding its way to a stop. Thankfully the pilot was able to egress from the aircraft without major injuries.
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UPDATE from sources: "Info on the Raptor mishap at Fallon: The slide happened on takeoff. Appears to have been a left engine flameout when the pilot throttled up to take off. By the time he realized the engine was dead, he had already been airborne for a few seconds and raised the gear. The jet bounced for around 1500 feet, and then slide for about 5000 feet. They got it off the ground and on its landing gear last night, so the runway is clear. Chain is wanting it to be quiet still. It's very fresh obviously. But it's looking like the second engine failure on Elmo jets in a 7 day period."
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Posted on 4/17/18 at 8:23 am to flyAU
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it's looking like the second engine failure on Elmo jets in a 7 day period
Sounds like there is a one nervous engine mechanic on base right now.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 8:23 am to flyAU
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But it's looking like the second engine failure on Elmo jets in a 7 day period."
Posted on 4/17/18 at 8:24 am to flyAU
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second engine failure on Elmo jets in a 7 day period
Maybe Elmo should stick to Sesame Street.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 8:24 am to flyAU
nb4: "couldn't you hear us trying to tell you the gear wasn't down?" "I couldn't hear a thing, there was a loud horn going off in the cockpit"
Posted on 4/17/18 at 8:24 am to flyAU
That’ll buff out
Posted on 4/17/18 at 8:24 am to flyAU
Nothing another 659 Billion won't fix.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 8:37 am to flyAU
I've seen better looking Raptors in the quad.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 8:46 am to flyAU
Similar thing happened to one in 2012. The pilot sucked up the gear too early and it settled. 6 years/$35 million later it just started flying again.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 8:57 am to flyAU
Where did that picture come from?!
Back in the early 80's, my brother-in-law - in full US Marine fatigues and while he was stationed in Okinawa - took a few far-off pictures of some F14's sitting on a tarmac. As he described, "nothing they wouldn't show you on the nightly news". As his personnel carrier was leaving the base, it suddenly came to an abrupt stop. The back opens up, and there are 4 MP's with M16's asking him to step out and to bring his camera. He hands them the camera, they strip out the film (on which he had a ton of other personal pictures of his buddies and time in Okinawa), handed him back his camera without saying so much as 'have a nice day'. To this day he doesn't know why, but obviously someone didn't want him to have those pictures.
So... I wonder how pictures like this get taken. Not that you can't find pictures of F22's on the internet, but that someone that close to a operationally active aircraft can get that close and then send the pictures out.
Back in the early 80's, my brother-in-law - in full US Marine fatigues and while he was stationed in Okinawa - took a few far-off pictures of some F14's sitting on a tarmac. As he described, "nothing they wouldn't show you on the nightly news". As his personnel carrier was leaving the base, it suddenly came to an abrupt stop. The back opens up, and there are 4 MP's with M16's asking him to step out and to bring his camera. He hands them the camera, they strip out the film (on which he had a ton of other personal pictures of his buddies and time in Okinawa), handed him back his camera without saying so much as 'have a nice day'. To this day he doesn't know why, but obviously someone didn't want him to have those pictures.
So... I wonder how pictures like this get taken. Not that you can't find pictures of F22's on the internet, but that someone that close to a operationally active aircraft can get that close and then send the pictures out.
This post was edited on 4/17/18 at 8:59 am
Posted on 4/17/18 at 8:57 am to flyAU
quote:I gotta believe that’s F22 can fly on one engine. Sounds like the pilot is a retard and just pulled the gear early.
Appears to have been a left engine flameout when the pilot throttled up to take off. By the time he realized the engine was dead, he had already been airborne for a few seconds and raised the gear.
This post was edited on 4/17/18 at 8:59 am
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:00 am to flyAU
Slid one mile? Seems like a stretch.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:01 am to flyAU
I hope he's got that Allstate app.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:28 am to flyAU
Russians!!!
Posted on 4/17/18 at 9:28 am to flyAU
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But it's looking like the second engine failure on Elmo jets in a 7 day period."
Allegiant Airlines>>>>>USAF
Posted on 4/17/18 at 10:16 am to flyAU
Title says NAS Fallon but the incident was at Elmdorf.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 10:24 am to flyAU
That looks realllllllll expensive.
Such a bad arse incredible plane. I get to see them buzzing around tyndall pretty often. They are sexy as frick
Such a bad arse incredible plane. I get to see them buzzing around tyndall pretty often. They are sexy as frick
Posted on 4/17/18 at 10:28 am to flyAU
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the jet may have retracted its gear too early during takeoff
Bigger engines would have cured this
Posted on 4/17/18 at 10:30 am to flyAU
Fixed wing pukes! 
Posted on 4/17/18 at 10:55 am to flyAU
Must've been a bad software patch, right?
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