OUCH!!! US Thunderbirds F16 ejection/crash footage...

[slick230]

Amazing stuff. Glad to see the pilot ejected safely and steered the plane away from the crowd, but he sure was cutting it close getting out of there...

Spectator viewpoint (Right click, Save As please...)

COCKPIT VIEWPOINT!! SHIZZLE!! (Right click, Save As please...)

And a write up as to the cause of the crash... Pilot error...

And if it's a repost, too damn bad. I searched for F16, THUNDERBIRDS, CRASH, etc. and got nothing.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Holy $hit comes to mind......too bad he had a helmet on but I bet his face looked this -> :Q

 

[virtueixi]

I heard someone saying knock it off.

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

D'oh...I bet someone's gonna feel bad when they take it out of his pay. LOL. Oh well, at least he survived and no one else got hurt.

 

[slick230]

Originally posted by: virtueixi
I heard someone saying knock it off.

That was the guy that was getting his butt tickled with the feather...

 

[virtueixi]

Originally posted by: slick230

Originally posted by: virtueixi
I heard someone saying knock it off.

That was the guy that was getting his butt tickled with the feather...

LOL

 

[CTho9305]

:Q

pic

 

[slick230]

Originally posted by: CTho9305
:Q

pic

Yeah, that's the same incident. I think the pic was taken by someone in the control tower. Pretty dramatic shot.

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: CTho9305
:Q

pic

Is it just the perspective that makes it look like it's high off the ground? I can't see a reason to need to eject from the height it appears in that pics.

 

[SunnyD]

Aren't low altitude ejections highly dangerous for some reason in those ejection seats? I thought I read somewhere...

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Aren't low altitude ejections highly dangerous for some reason in those ejection seats? I thought I read somewhere...

Yeah, it may not give the parachute enough time to fully open.

 

[slick230]

Originally posted by: KraziKid

Originally posted by: CTho9305
:Q

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Is it just the perspective that makes it look like it's high off the ground? I can't see a reason to need to eject from the height it appears in that pics.

It's the perspective. If you watch the videos above, you'll see that the plane impacts the ground less than a second after the pilot punches out.

Originally posted by: CTho9305

Aren't low altitude ejections highly dangerous for some reason in those ejection seats? I thought I read somewhere...[/quote]

I think most US military aircraft now have what are called "0-0" ejection seats, meaning you can eject at 0 altitude and 0 airspeed and have a safe ejection sequence.

 

[ViperXX]

When did this happen?

Never mind I'm a dumbass. I read the accompanying article.

 

[Rastus]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Aren't low altitude ejections highly dangerous for some reason in those ejection seats? I thought I read somewhere...

Ejections from high performance aircraft are very dangerous under any conditions. Most pilots sustain injuries when they eject.

 

[slick230]

Originally posted by: ViperXX
When did this happen?

I believe it happened in Sepetember of last year.

 

[LordMorpheus]

remember that vid of the Cargo Jet that takes a SAM right by an airstrip, and manages to pull a 180 right down onto the runway?

I'm looking for a link, and I have tried a search for vid and plane, with no good results.

 

[acemcmac]

wow...

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: Rastus

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Aren't low altitude ejections highly dangerous for some reason in those ejection seats? I thought I read somewhere...

Ejections from high performance aircraft are very dangerous under any conditions. Most pilots sustain injuries when they eject.

it's either that or bury yourself in your own grave. . .

 

[jst0ney]

crazy stuff

 

[CTho9305]

Originally posted by: slick230

Originally posted by: KraziKid

Originally posted by: CTho9305

Aren't low altitude ejections highly dangerous for some reason in those ejection seats? I thought I read somewhere...

I think most US military aircraft now have what are called "0-0" ejection seats, meaning you can eject at 0 altitude and 0 airspeed and have a safe ejection sequence.

In this case he ejected while descending fast, so there must be some margin on that 0-0.

 

[tk149]

Wow! Glad no one was hurt.

 

[fredtam]

Originally posted by: CTho9305

Originally posted by: slick230

Originally posted by: KraziKid

Originally posted by: CTho9305

Aren't low altitude ejections highly dangerous for some reason in those ejection seats? I thought I read somewhere...

I think most US military aircraft now have what are called "0-0" ejection seats, meaning you can eject at 0 altitude and 0 airspeed and have a safe ejection sequence.

In this case he ejected while descending fast, so there must be some margin on that 0-0.

Ejection Seat

 

[Argo]

Originally posted by: KraziKid

Originally posted by: CTho9305
:Q

pic

Is it just the perspective that makes it look like it's high off the ground? I can't see a reason to need to eject from the height it appears in that pics.

Looks like he was doing a maneuvre (sp) (don't know the exact name, but the one were you loop over your head and come out in the same direction). Then he realized that he was coming out of it way too low and was going to hit the ground so he ejected. Where was that, btw?

 

[amndouglas]

Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.

Edit
Slick230 included the article with his post.

 

[slick230]

Actually the more I look into this, the more it's starting to look like it was an equipment problem. Some folks are saying the the turbine engine failed at some point during that manuever, and that the Air Force was told to blame the accident on the pilot instead of the jet. Others are saying that that particular airframe had several documented issues with the engine, and had actually failed a tubine test session a few weeks before the accident. So who knows what actually happened? The pilot was reassigned to a Pentagon job, a multimillion dollar jet was destroyed, but at least no one was seriously injured.