[Talkrc] Fw: B1 Gear-up Landing

[Fred Stong]

Rich,
Here's the dope on the B-1 belly landing we were talking about yesterday.
Fred S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stong, Fredrick S" <fredrick.s.stong at boeing.com>
To: "Fred Stong" <Fstongsr at charter.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 5:53 PM
Subject: FW: B1 Gear-up Landing 


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> From: Hernandez, Richard L  
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 3:28 PM
> Subject: FW:  B1 Gear-up Landing 
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> Subject: B1 Gear-up Landing 
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> Make sure you look at the pictures.
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> May B-1 crash: Pilots forgot to lower landing gear 
> 
> A B-1B Lancer crash landed at Diego Garcia on May 8 because the
> bomber's two pilots forgot to lower the landing gear, an Air Force
> accident investigation board concluded. 
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> The story behind the pictures.
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> The report, issued Sept. 18, faulted, pilot Maj. Jonathan D. Reid and
> co-pilot 1st Lt. Jeffrey J. Flowers, both members of the 7th Bomb
> Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. 
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> "The cause of this mishap, supported by clear and convincing evidence,
> was both pilots' failure to lower the landing gear during the
> aircraft's approach and landing," board president Lt. Col. Thomas R.
> Olsen, wrote in his opinion. 
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> To two pilots were at the end of an 11-hour ferry flight that took the
> B-1B from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam to Diego Garcia, an island in
> the Indian Ocean. Once at Diego, the plane would have likely flown
> combat missions over Afghanistan. 
> 
> The investigators found that even though Reid called "gear down" as
> the jet approached the runway neither Reid nor Flowers had lowered the
> wheels or completed the landing checklist. 
> 
> While the B-1B was in holding pattern over Diego, the crew turned off
> the plane's audio alarm that would have automatically warned the crew
> that the gear should been lowered, the report said. 
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> Even with the audio warning turned off, warning lights in the cockpit
> showed the landing gear was still up as the plane began its final
> approach, the report said. 
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> Upon hitting the runway, the jet skidded for 7,600 feet until grinding
> to stop. The pilots and defensive and offensive systems officers
> scrambled out the jet. 
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> The only lasting injury was to Flowers, who is being treated for back
> pain, the report said. 
> 
> The Air Force estimated the jet suffered $7.9 million in damages.
> Runway way repairs were placed at cost $14,025.
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> http://www.ravenware.com/factand/nofic/b1pics/gurec/index.html
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