Doug Franklin
Registered User
From a recent email sent to me:
> Lakenheath jet crash last September as jets were returning home from a
> 7 week deployment to Nellis.
>
>
> The last jet to land blew its left main tire immediately upon
> landing. As a result, the jet (while still in its nose up roll out
> configuration) severely
> listed and twisted to the left. At 150 knots that's not good!
> The jet slid sideways, nose down, and as it careened along
> the side of the runway, the front end dug into the ground
> causing the jet to stand up on its nose.
>
> At that point, the fuselage broke apart just forward of the
> intakes and aft of the rear cockpit and then bent around and
> underneath the left side of the aircraft.
>
>
> When the jet finally stopped, the radome had separated from
> the fuselage which now faced back towards the rear of the
> jet) and was laying about 20 feet away from the wreckage. The
> nav pod and adapter ripped off and were buried nose down in
> the ground. The pilot received cuts, scrapes, and bruises.
> The WSO didn't fair as well. Both his arms were broken and he
> also had numerous cuts and bruises. Based on the wreckage,
> safety said the aircrew was lucky to be alive.
> Lakenheath jet crash last September as jets were returning home from a
> 7 week deployment to Nellis.
>
>
> The last jet to land blew its left main tire immediately upon
> landing. As a result, the jet (while still in its nose up roll out
> configuration) severely
> listed and twisted to the left. At 150 knots that's not good!
> The jet slid sideways, nose down, and as it careened along
> the side of the runway, the front end dug into the ground
> causing the jet to stand up on its nose.
>
> At that point, the fuselage broke apart just forward of the
> intakes and aft of the rear cockpit and then bent around and
> underneath the left side of the aircraft.
>
>
> When the jet finally stopped, the radome had separated from
> the fuselage which now faced back towards the rear of the
> jet) and was laying about 20 feet away from the wreckage. The
> nav pod and adapter ripped off and were buried nose down in
> the ground. The pilot received cuts, scrapes, and bruises.
> The WSO didn't fair as well. Both his arms were broken and he
> also had numerous cuts and bruises. Based on the wreckage,
> safety said the aircrew was lucky to be alive.