B1-B Gear up landing. OOPS! Pics
#1
04-27-2011, 04:42 PM
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B1-B Gear up landing. OOPS! Pics Came across this and thought you guys would enjoy the pics, and the comments. Apparently the aircrew, pulled the circuit breaker for the gear alarm. From what I understand they were trying to ignore another alarm and pulled the Aural Warning CB on as well, never did a pre landing checklist and.... voila a gear up landing. I would hat to be those pilots after this.
The comments are definitely interesting and explain some things.
[Source]:B-1 Recovery, Diego Garcia
"At about 10 p.m. local time on May 8, 2006, a 7th Bomb Wing B-1B Lancer (Tail Number 86132 - called "Oh! Hard Luck") based at Dyess AFB, Texas, made a wheels-up belly landing on runway 31 at Diego Garcia, skidding 7,500 feet down the runway. The aircraft was landing at the end of an 11 hour ferry mission that started at Andersen AFB, Guam. During the landing, the B-1B caught fire and emergency crews extinguished the flames. The four-person aircrew escaped from the plane through the overhead escape hatch. The aircraft was finally removed from the runway 4 days later. The Air Force Accident Investigation, released 18 Septemeber 2006, concluded the pilots forgot to lower the landing gear. The USAF estimated the damage to the B-1B at $7.9 million, and the damage to the runway at $14,025. RBRM and those old SEABEES made one tough runway, that's for sure! For those of you who've never seen a $285,000,000.00 bomber on the deck, here she is! And at the bottom is a picture of what $7.9 million in repairs and a year of work can accomplish!"
The comments are definitely interesting and explain some things.
[Source]:B-1 Recovery, Diego Garcia
"At about 10 p.m. local time on May 8, 2006, a 7th Bomb Wing B-1B Lancer (Tail Number 86132 - called "Oh! Hard Luck") based at Dyess AFB, Texas, made a wheels-up belly landing on runway 31 at Diego Garcia, skidding 7,500 feet down the runway. The aircraft was landing at the end of an 11 hour ferry mission that started at Andersen AFB, Guam. During the landing, the B-1B caught fire and emergency crews extinguished the flames. The four-person aircrew escaped from the plane through the overhead escape hatch. The aircraft was finally removed from the runway 4 days later. The Air Force Accident Investigation, released 18 Septemeber 2006, concluded the pilots forgot to lower the landing gear. The USAF estimated the damage to the B-1B at $7.9 million, and the damage to the runway at $14,025. RBRM and those old SEABEES made one tough runway, that's for sure! For those of you who've never seen a $285,000,000.00 bomber on the deck, here she is! And at the bottom is a picture of what $7.9 million in repairs and a year of work can accomplish!"
#2
04-27-2011, 05:20 PM
Wow. The best instructor I know has done it in a Baron before, so clearly it can happen to good pilots. But at the helm of a $285,000,000 bomber, and with a crew of four? That's crazy.
#7
04-27-2011, 06:12 PM
Found this interesting regarding the B1
The Air Force Needs a Serious Upgrade - Brookings Institution
The Air Force Needs a Serious Upgrade - Brookings Institution
These days the plane has to spend 48.4 hours in the repair shop for every hour it's in the air.
Each 12-hour mission for the bomber costs $720,000 in fuel, repairs and other costs, according to the Air Force
Each 12-hour mission for the bomber costs $720,000 in fuel, repairs and other costs, according to the Air Force
