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B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Crash Video & Technical Report
The crash on takeoff of a 509th Air Wing, Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber, February 23 operating at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, was caused by water in the aircraft's sensors, according to an Air Combat report issued, Thursday. Specifically, moisture in three port transducer units "distorted data introduced by a B-2 Spirit's air data system" which led to flawed information entering the bomber's flight control computers. The aircraft was reacting to inaccurate airspeed and a "perceived" negative angle of attack. This resulted in an "uncommanded 30 degree nose-high pitch-up on takeoff," according to the Air Force.
Major Ryan Link and Captain Justin Grieve, the aircraft's two pilots and the only two aboard were unable to regain control and safely ejected just as the aircraft stalled and mushed into the ground and its left wing impacted the ground. The $1.4 billion aircraft crashed just off the left side of the runway and exploded. It was the first-ever B-2 crash and followed 75,000 hours of loss-free service. Link and Grieve both suffered injuries during ejection, with Grieve suffering compression fractures to his spine.
The report points to the inaccurate readings as contributing factors, adding that ineffective communication of critical information about a technique used to remove moisture from the sensors also contributed. It's possible that all the maintenance crew had to do to avert the accident was turn on the pitot heat prior to performing air data calibrations. But the suggested technique was not part of checklist procedures.
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Length: 189
Rating: 4.70 (119 ratings)
Tags: B2 B-2 stealth bomber spirit air force crash video guam avweb glenn pew airplane
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Cessna NGP (Next Generation Piston)
Glenn Pew speaks with Cessna vice president of propeller aircraft sales, John Doman, about the company's Next Generation Piston proof-of-concept (NGP POC) aircraft.
Length: 319
Rating: 4.70 (15 ratings)
Tags: Cessna NGP AVweb SunnFun aircraft pilots glenn pew
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F-16 Intercepts Jet & Turboprop Legally Flying Through MOA
When two GA pilots, one flying a Pilatus PC-12 and the other in a Beechcraft Premier jet, encountered an F-16 in a Military Operations Area used by Luke Air Force Base in Arizona last March, they had to take abrupt, evasive maneuvers to avoid the military jet. The incident, after it was http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/F16EncounterAngersPilots_197487-1.html first reported in AVwebFlash, set off a lively debate among pilots on AVweb's http://www.avweb.com/blogs/insider/AVwebInsiderBlog_IfYouCantHandleMigs_F16s_MOAs_197505-1.html blog about the wisdom of flying in MOAs, and prompted an in-depth report in our sister publication, Aviation Safety. This week, AOPA obtained a http://www.aopa.org/flightplanning/articles/2008/080707f-16.html video clip from the FAA showing the radar screen during the encounter, and also the voice tape from Air Traffic Control. The F-16 pilot has been reprimanded, and Luke officials told AOPA they will alter their training program to encourage their pilots to avoid similar encounters in the future. In a http://www.avweb.com/podcast/podcast/197492-1.html?kw=RelatedStory podcast interview with AVweb, PC-12 pilot Patrick McCall said his TCAS activated about 10 a.m. that day while he was cruising at 16,500 feet (VFR with flight following) and he had to dive his aircraft as the target kept closing on him. The target followed him in the dive and when McCall leveled at about 14,000 feet, he was amazed by the view from his side window. "I then looked to my left side of the aircraft and saw an F16 aircraft off of my left wing," he said in a written report sent to the FAA. "The F16 was no more than 20 feet off of my left wing."
Length: 197
Rating: 5.00 (18 ratings)
Tags: airplane f-16 pilatus pc12 Beechcraft Premier Jet MOA military AOPA AVweb Luke AFB radar air force glenn pew
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AVweb Coverage: April 19 Tour, Sun 'N Fun, 2007
AVweb's Glenn Pew collects sights and sounds on the ground at Sun 'N Fun, 2007. Everything recorded here transpired April 19 ... except for the ride in the DC-3.
Length: 266
Rating: 5.00 (4 ratings)
Tags: AVweb flying Sun'nFun Fly-In airshow Glenn Pew EpicLT Cessna NGP
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AVweb Short: G3 Cirrus SR20 Has New Wings, Refined Interior
Cirrus debuted the G3 SR20 at this year's Sun'n Fun and it adopts many of the improvements perfected in the SR22 G3.
Length: 117
Rating: 4.00 (4 ratings)
Tags: Sun-n-Fun Cirrus SR20 airplane aviation G3 wing
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AVweb Short -- Sebring 2008: Terrafugia "Air Car" LSA
A company called Terrafugia may be developing the personal air vehicle you've always dreamed about. It's called the Transition, and its folding wings and roadable design made it something unusual at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida.
Length: 65
Rating: 5.00 (3 ratings)
Tags: Sebring Terrafugia Transition aircar
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AVweb: Sean Tucker Discusses His Bailout at Sun 'n Fun 2006
Aerobatic pilot Sean Tucker gives a harrowing account of a bailout at Lakeland, Florida's Sun 'n Fun Fly-In in 2006.
Length: 403
Rating: 4.60 (13 ratings)
Tags: Sean Tucker AVweb Sun 'n Fun bailout glenn pew
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