B-1 Gear Up Accident?

[sandman2122]

http://www.aero-news.net/news/military.cfm

Okay guys, what really happened??

 

[Falconjet]

Sounds like "inadvertant ground contact during landing phase" of flight. At least that is what the CG called it when a Falcon did a gear up low pass/skip and go at Opa Locka.

I thought the whole purpose of the landing phase of flight was ground contact.

Maybe they only want vertant ground contact during the landing phase.

Anyway, I'm glad everybody on board is ok.

FJ

 

[Steve]

http://www.aero-news.net/news/military.cfm

Okay guys, what really happened??

Is it fair to say these guys will never fly a AF aircraft again? Assuming it was a just a gear up landing.

 

[SIG600]

An Air Force B-1B Lancer was heavily damaged during a landing at a forward operating location, in SW Asia, May 8. The aircraft, with its crew of four, slid 7,500 feet before coming to rest on the runway with its landing gear in the retracted position.

Where do you guys figure a 4 person crew forgot to put the gear down from that excerpt? More likely I'd say they probably had some kind of problem. And FYI the military isn't in the habit of airing dirty laundry on issues like this for the public.

 

[PA-44Typed]

It had to be something else. I think AF controllers ask you to confirm gear down when issuing a landing clearance?

 

[FastCargo]

Mistakes happen. There have been plenty of inadvertent gear up accidents in single or crew aircraft, military or civilian.

I am most definitely NOT saying that's what happened here. Until the safety report comes out, I'm not making any conclusions.

It's been a VERY long time (almost a decade) since I've flown a B-1, and I'm not sure a gear up landing was considered survivable back then. Guess we know now.

FastCargo

 

[Draginass]

Between the gear warning horns, checklists, tower calls, and the SOF, I hope that it was some kind of crazy malfunction. Regardless, it's going to be expensive to repair, but at least there are some airframes in the boneyard to cann off of.

 

[PHX767]

We had a tweet IP and one of our copilots land the T-37 gear up at Grissom back in the late 70's. Within a few months he had pinned on Major and was back in the KC-135 as an AC.

How do they view this type of event nowadays?

 

[stonewall]

Where do you guys figure a 4 person crew forgot to put the gear down from that excerpt? More likely I'd say they probably had some kind of problem. And FYI the military isn't in the habit of airing dirty laundry on issues like this for the public.

Exactly. I've only seen the 8 hr, which is strictly factual and no analysis. And, to be a geek (I know I'll catch sh**), anything any mil guy reads in any subsequent safety reports is privileged information to be used for USAF safety prevention and should NOT be posted on this board, and is actually against the AFI's.

If anyone gets info from public sources, have at it. However, if I was a mil crew I don't think I'd want my fellow mil aviators spreading possibly erroneous info about a mishap on FI. Just my opinion.

 

[SIG600]

If anyone gets info from public sources, have at it. However, if I was a mil crew I don't think I'd want my fellow mil aviators spreading possibly erroneous info about a mishap on FI. Just my opinion.

Agreed