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Why the B-1 landed gear up...
9/18/2006 - LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- Pilot error caused a
B-1 Lancer to crash while landing on the runway at a forward-deployed location May 8, 2006, according to an aircraft accident investigation report released here Sept. 18. The co-pilot suffered a minor back injury and the other three crew members were not injured. Damage totaled approximately $7.9 million for the aircraft and the damage to the runway totaled approximately $14,025. The aircraft is assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron of the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess AFB, Texas. Investigators concluded the cause of the mishap was both pilots' failure to lower the landing gear during the aircraft's approach and landing. Contributing factors for the pilots' failure to lower the landing gear were the co-pilot's task oversaturation; the co-pilot's urgency to complete a long mission; both pilots' inattention to instrument readings and the descent/before landing checklist, and the co-pilot's false belief the pilot had lowered the landing gear. According to the report, the pilot unexpectedly turned over aircraft control to the co-pilot on the final approach. The pilot reported to the air traffic control tower that the landing gear was down despite the fact that the descent/before landing checklist was never completed and the landing gear was never lowered. The red warning light in the gear handle, indicating all landing gear was not down and locked, was illuminated for more than four minutes during the approach. Additionally, at the time the aircraft landed, the three green position lights, which illuminate after the landing gear has locked in the down position, were not illuminated. (Courtesy of Air Combat Command News Service) |
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Why the B-1 landed gear up...
On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:28:14 +0000, in
, avnav526 wrote: snip Hmmm... Sounds like a career limiting experience... Probably somewhere on the order of declaring to your C.O. in the Air Force that you don't like golf... |
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Why the B-1 landed gear up...
Grumman-581 wrote: On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:28:14 +0000, in , avnav526 wrote: snip Hmmm... Sounds like a career limiting experience... Probably somewhere on the order of declaring to your C.O. in the Air Force that you don't like golf... What makes you think the problem was with the pilot? -Robert |
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Why the B-1 landed gear up...
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message oups.com... Grumman-581 wrote: On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:28:14 +0000, in , avnav526 wrote: snip Hmmm... Sounds like a career limiting experience... Probably somewhere on the order of declaring to your C.O. in the Air Force that you don't like golf... What makes you think the problem was with the pilot? -Robert Did you read the post he replied to? Maybe your news server missed it. So here is the meat of it. 9/18/2006 - LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- Pilot error caused a B-1 Lancer to crash while landing on the runway at a forward-deployed location May 8, 2006, according to an aircraft accident investigation report released here Sept. 18. The co-pilot suffered a minor back injury and the other three crew members were not injured. Damage totaled approximately $7.9 million for the aircraft and the damage to the runway totaled approximately $14,025. The aircraft is assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron of the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess AFB, Texas. Investigators concluded the cause of the mishap was both pilots' failure to lower the landing gear during the aircraft's approach and landing. Contributing factors for the pilots' failure to lower the landing gear were the co-pilot's task oversaturation; the co-pilot's urgency to complete a long mission; both pilots' inattention to instrument readings and the descent/before landing checklist, and the co-pilot's false belief the pilot had lowered the landing gear. According to the report, the pilot unexpectedly turned over aircraft control to the co-pilot on the final approach. The pilot reported to the air traffic control tower that the landing gear was down despite the fact that the descent/before landing checklist was never completed and the landing gear was never lowered. The red warning light in the gear handle, indicating all landing gear was not down and locked, was illuminated for more than four minutes during the approach. Additionally, at the time the aircraft landed, the three green position lights, which illuminate after the landing gear has locked in the down position, were not illuminated. (Courtesy of Air Combat Command News Service) |
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Why the B-1 landed gear up...
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message oups.com... Grumman-581 wrote: On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:28:14 +0000, in , avnav526 wrote: snip Hmmm... Sounds like a career limiting experience... Probably somewhere on the order of declaring to your C.O. in the Air Force that you don't like golf... What makes you think the problem was with the pilot? What suggests to you that he thinks that? |
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Why the B-1 landed gear up...
Thanks for the summary report, it almost presents even more
questions. wrote in message t... | 9/18/2006 - LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFPN) -- Pilot error caused a | B-1 Lancer to crash while landing on the runway at a forward-deployed | location May 8, 2006, according to an aircraft accident investigation report | released here Sept. 18. The co-pilot suffered a minor back injury and the | other three crew members were not injured. Damage totaled approximately | $7.9 million for the aircraft and the damage to the runway totaled | approximately $14,025. The aircraft is assigned to the 9th Expeditionary | Bomb Squadron of the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess AFB, Texas. Investigators | concluded the cause of the mishap was both pilots' failure to lower the | landing gear during the aircraft's approach and landing. Contributing | factors for the pilots' failure to lower the landing gear were the | co-pilot's task oversaturation; the co-pilot's urgency to complete a long | mission; both pilots' inattention to instrument readings and the | descent/before landing checklist, and the co-pilot's false belief the pilot | had lowered the landing gear. According to the report, the pilot | unexpectedly turned over aircraft control to the co-pilot on the final | approach. The pilot reported to the air traffic control tower that the | landing gear was down despite the fact that the descent/before landing | checklist was never completed and the landing gear was never lowered. The | red warning light in the gear handle, indicating all landing gear was not | down and locked, was illuminated for more than four minutes during the | approach. Additionally, at the time the aircraft landed, the three green | position lights, which illuminate after the landing gear has locked in the | down position, were not illuminated. (Courtesy of Air Combat Command News | Service) |
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Why the B-1 landed gear up...
"Jim Macklin" wrote in message Thanks for the summary report, it almost
presents even more questions. Hmm... How does complacency set in while flying combat missions? D. |
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Why the B-1 landed gear up...
How do you get complacent with a big percentage of the whole
B1 fleet in your command? A fleet that cannot be replaced? "Capt.Doug" wrote in message ... | "Jim Macklin" wrote in message Thanks for the summary report, it almost | presents even more | questions. | | Hmm... How does complacency set in while flying combat missions? | | D. | | |
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Why the B-1 landed gear up...
On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:44:09 +0000, in
, Capt.Doug wrote: Hmm... How does complacency set in while flying combat missions? After it's over, perhaps you get the feeling that the dangerous part is over and now it's just a case of returning to a safe base and over a route where no one will be shooting at you? Yeah, I could see it happening... Kind of like when the F-117 was shot down over Kosovo if I remember correctly... |
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Why the B-1 landed gear up...
wrote:
The pilot reported to the air traffic control tower that the landing gear was down despite the fact that the descent/before landing checklist was never completed and the landing gear was never lowered. Ah, the dreaded "seeing what is not there" syndrome. -- Peter |
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