Oklahoma ANG F-16 Catches Fire on Takeoff, Crashes

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 06/22/2017 at 11:48 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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The fighter was in Houston taking part in a training mission for !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . The pilot ejected on the ground and received minor injuries, but was able to walk away.

The jet was !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and continued to idle until it ran out of fuel in the afternoon, so an evacuation perimeter was established.

Ash78, voting early and often > Jcarr 06/22/2017 at 11:52

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The pilot ejected on the ground

“I’m gonna punch out! Turn the engine off? But HOW? I only do this one weekend a month, you can’t expect me to remember everything. Get out? But it’s like 8 or 9 feet to the grass. And what if I get sucked into the intake? I already told you I don’t know how to turn the f*cking engine off!”

*EJECT*

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Jcarr 06/22/2017 at 11:56

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Zero Altitude ejection systems are neat.

PatBateman > Jcarr 06/22/2017 at 11:59

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“Oklahoma”...

This was a vital piece of information that we Houstonians were missing yesterday. The event makes a bit more sense now.

Carry on.

Chariotoflove > Ash78, voting early and often 06/22/2017 at 12:06

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I don’t know procedures for these things, but these questions are running through my mind as well.

Ash78, voting early and often > Chariotoflove 06/22/2017 at 12:08

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Yeah, lots of respect for pilots and their training, but when some random shit goes down, I can’t imagine you’re thinking straight.

Tristan > Jcarr 06/22/2017 at 12:15

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I’m pretty sure the emergency procedures aren’t

FIRE / SMOKE / FUMES

1. FUCK EVERYTHING. PUNCH OUT.

Chariotoflove > Ash78, voting early and often 06/22/2017 at 12:18

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Not that I can say I would be either.

Jcarr > Tristan 06/22/2017 at 12:24

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Possibly, but you have to remember that it was on a takeoff roll, so there’s not a lot of time to think when you’re nearing the end of the runway.

Tristan > Jcarr 06/22/2017 at 12:45

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Solid point. In that case, props for at least pulling it back to idle. I can see how a quick shutdown might have been attempted-the finger lift on those throttles can be tricky.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Jcarr 06/22/2017 at 13:22

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So did the gear get torn off when it overran the runway, or was the plane actually airborne and wheels up when the fire started / was detected? If it was already airborne then cutting the engine to idle, belly flopping it on the grass and ejecting makes a lot of sense. For that matter depending on the location / apparent severity of the fire ejecting would be pretty high up on the priority list.

For Sweden > Ash78, voting early and often 06/22/2017 at 13:25

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The pilot is probably an Airbus driver Monday-Friday, and thought the airplane would fly without him.

Jcarr > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 06/22/2017 at 14:08

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Not sure

Ash78, voting early and often > For Sweden 06/22/2017 at 14:59

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Seriously! Someone should come up with a computerized fly-by-wire system for fighter jets! /s

LastFirstMI is my name > PatBateman 06/22/2017 at 15:31

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The lack of cross-wind confused him obviously.

PatBateman > LastFirstMI is my name 06/22/2017 at 15:39

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Maybe seeing something other than barren wasteland factored into the confusion as well.