Does anyone have any information on this accident?
The FAA database says something happened on November 8.

Happened Nov 9........Sunday.

The F-86 was doing a solo low pass @ 200AGL & 400kts. Airshow pyro blew the
very big bomb immediately in front of him. The 86 went through the fireball.
Upon exiting the fireball, show boss called the pilot to say parts were falling
off. The pilot pulled up while in the fireball and upon exiting the engine
flamed out. All annunciator lights were on and he was about to eject, when the
engine restarted suddenly. He diverted to the Pratt & Whitney test airport,
where the F-16 for the demo launched to give him a damage report and to guide
him in if needed. The F-16 saw the nose gear door missing, the nose gear
hanging, hydraulic fluid streaming from the nose gear bay, the main gear doors
missing and a large one foot diameter hole punched in the side of the fuselage
one the left side below the pilot seat. The F-16 guided the 86 in to an
uneventful landing. He stopped using accumulator pressure for the brakes and
used 4000' rollout.
VL

nice assist...

nice flying by the F86 pilot..

lesson to performers.. (I thought they knew this).. never over fly the pyro
on the ground.. from the ground observers (air show patrons).. flying a line
beside them looks just as good as going over the top..

those ground guys get a little anxious that their "explosion" is right on
time.. guess they never saw an actual drop (low altitude drag fins) so the
detonation is behind the aircraft... not below it..

BT

"MLenoch" > wrote in message
...
> The F-86 was doing a solo low pass @ 200AGL & 400kts. Airshow pyro blew
the
> very big bomb immediately in front of him. The 86 went through the
fireball.
> Upon exiting the fireball, show boss called the pilot to say parts were
falling
> off. The pilot pulled up while in the fireball and upon exiting the
engine
> flamed out. All annunciator lights were on and he was about to eject,
when the
> engine restarted suddenly. He diverted to the Pratt & Whitney test
airport,
> where the F-16 for the demo launched to give him a damage report and to
guide
> him in if needed. The F-16 saw the nose gear door missing, the nose gear
> hanging, hydraulic fluid streaming from the nose gear bay, the main gear
doors
> missing and a large one foot diameter hole punched in the side of the
fuselage
> one the left side below the pilot seat. The F-16 guided the 86 in to an
> uneventful landing. He stopped using accumulator pressure for the brakes
and
> used 4000' rollout.
> VL

Actually the rule is get a clearance with pyro prior to firing. There is
lawsuit starting on this one.

But yes, it is best to sidestep the pyro line if there is room in the display
box.

VL