I've no idea what the real story is behind this but I fell better about any retract issues I've had in the past. Mine only resulted it scuffs and scratches....

I think I'll stop complaining about hanger rash

I wonder if that did any structural damage to her, I bet thats a few pretty pennies.

neat to see a sidewinder fire after hitting the ground!

Now there is a aircraft chief changing his jumper.

Cheers

That is what happens when you don't pin the gear......acft. maint. 101

OOPS!

We had an incident close to that at RAF Leuchars in Scotland about 20 years ago.

They had just fitted the last of a set to a Phantom when they turned away there was a loud click, a thud, and a loud woosh. The missile had fallen off the wing, hit the ground, and went off.

Fortunately it only travelled about half a mile, and buried itself in the River Eden which flows just outside the perimeter fence.

I believe the paperwork alone, took about two years to complete.

i have a friend that has 16 switches on his car and he can make it do that same move!

Ha! He has the only F-16 with foam dice and a fuzzy dashboard...


This guy should have gone with springairs...

I believe this is the rest of the story. Or one similar.

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/local/1...elly_land.html

That appears to be a different aircraft. The first one resembles (a lot) one I saw about two years ago in which the ground crew hit the gear with a car.

I thought they might be the same due to the "AZ" on the tail.
But the one at TIA was a 2-seater.

Well and one was leaning to the left and the other to the right

I'm not familiar with the F-16, but here's my guess;

The cart with the hoses running to the plane is probably a hydraulic pressure generator, and the hoses most likely connect to the aircraft hydraulic system. Either the gear handle was in the "up" position and/or the gear wasn't pinned and /or any weight-on-wheels safety was overridden. Anyone know for sure?


In any case.....ouch!



Tom

If you look really closely, the retracts say "CJM" on them...

Hmmm I thought they were BVM's. Go figure!