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ACC releases details on Shaw F-16 crash
F-16.net ^ | July 25, 2006 | Mike Kopack

Posted on 08/03/2006 7:06:12 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity

July 25, 2006 (by Mike Kopack) - An F-16CJ pilot ejected from his aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean Apr. 5, 2006 after experiencing a Gravity-Induced Loss of Consciousness and awaking to find his aircraft in an unrecoverable dive, according to an Air Combat Command report released two weeks ago.

The pilot suffered serious injuries during the high-speed ejection, which took place while the aircraft was traveling in excess of 750 miles per hour. The aircraft (#93-542), assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, S.C., crashed into the ocean approximately 80 miles northeast of Charleston, S.C., and was destroyed. The cost of the aircraft loss is estimated at nearly $23 million.

At the time of the incident the pilot was performing a high-gravity maneuver during a Basic Fighter Maneuver training mission. The investigating officer concluded there was substantial evidence that physical fatigue from flying five high-G sorties in three days, an extended layoff from flying and the mental stress associated with his instructor pilot upgrade training were contributing factors to the pilot's loss of consciousness.

For more information, call the Air Combat Command Public Affairs office at (757) 764-5007 or e-mail acc.pam@langley.af.mil.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: eject; planecrash; shawafb
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To: Pukin Dog

The Navy is MUCH better than the Air Force at letting guys say, "Not today..."

That, and their commitment to EW are the only two things the Navy does better...unless you count crashes onto a ridiculously small piece of metal floating in the ocean.


21 posted on 08/03/2006 8:18:12 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (I'm agnostic on evolution, but sit ups are from Hell!)
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To: Rokke

It was a Navy guy that told me you should always ask yourself before flying, "Can I fart with confidence?"


22 posted on 08/03/2006 8:19:20 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (I'm agnostic on evolution, but sit ups are from Hell!)
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To: Pukin Dog

Do you think (aside from the fact that the pilot suffered severe injuries) that such an incident would be a career-ending event? I have always wondered about people who have survived situations that may have involved pilot error - do they become desk jockeys or do they get a second chance and how much depends on the severity of the error.


23 posted on 08/03/2006 8:21:56 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: LurkingSince'98
somethin' gotta give..

Around 3am, something usually does.

24 posted on 08/03/2006 8:21:57 PM PDT by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: Wilhelm Tell
No. If he could pass a flight physical, they would send that guy back up. He was qualing for instructor, so his skill was not in question. As Rokke said, GLOC happens. It happens more in the F-16 than in any other jet, because the G-onset is instant and more violent then other aircraft. The Hornet for example limits G between 7.8 and a bit more to keep the wings from falling off. The F-16 can slam 9G+ all day.
25 posted on 08/03/2006 8:27:52 PM PDT by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: Mr Rogers
That, and their commitment to EW are the only two things the Navy does better.

Feeling optimistic, huh? Thought that would slide, did you?

I suggest you check the standard of female usually attached to a Naval Aviator, vs those (shall go unmentioned) gals that AF boys feel comfortable with only because they know that most of the time, they will be hidden in the desert or some remote base in Alaska, where they compare favorably only to sea lions.

26 posted on 08/03/2006 8:31:04 PM PDT by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: Pukin Dog

Checking the standard of female usually attached to a Naval Aviator is all too easy - when the boat's away, the kittens...

Indeed, few things are tougher for a single guy near a Navy base than figuring which of the gals in the bar are married. But I'll grant, some of them are easy on the eyes. And a few of them really ARE great gals.

Besides, when you spend enough time in places like Saudi, the 2s and 3s start looking mighty good!


27 posted on 08/03/2006 8:42:46 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (I'm agnostic on evolution, but sit ups are from Hell!)
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To: Riptides
I'm surprised that he survived ejecting at over 750 MPH.

The fastest ejection out of a production aircraft, where the pilot lived, was a Russian pilot in a MiG-25 at Mach 2.5 or 2.6. Amazingly enough, it was an older ejection seat, I think the KM-1 (MiG-21 era I believe), instead of the K-36s, which you have probably seen a demonstration of at the Paris Air Show.
28 posted on 08/03/2006 8:58:00 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: upchuck

Fer yer SC ping list, pardner. :-)


29 posted on 08/03/2006 9:08:20 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't! --FReeper airborne)
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To: Pukin Dog

I know you are having fun, but I gotta say my mother was one of those women tucked away in the desert, FumBuck England, and many points between R.I. and Hickam. Let me tell you, she was/is a smart, resourceful, fine looking woman.

On top of that, she could alter her fighter pilot husband's underwear to accomodate the coconuts required for 300+ missions north.


30 posted on 08/03/2006 9:12:58 PM PDT by jblair (Son of a Wild Weasel)
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To: KeyLargo

ping


31 posted on 08/03/2006 9:18:34 PM PDT by raygun (Whenever I see U.N. blue helmets I feel like laughing and puking at the same time.)
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To: Lessismore

"Gravity is the attractive force between two masses: "

Your Newtonian world view is so...so...freeperesque.

Gravity is a warp in the fabric of space-time.


32 posted on 08/03/2006 9:24:34 PM PDT by ARW3A
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To: Pukin Dog

9 g's??? Holy Cripes!!!


33 posted on 08/03/2006 9:29:11 PM PDT by Walkingfeather (u)
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To: PistolPaknMama; 2A Patriot; 2nd amendment mama; 4everontheRight; 77Jimmy; Abbeville Conservative; ..
South Carolina Ping

Add me to the list. / Remove me from the list.
34 posted on 08/03/2006 9:58:52 PM PDT by upchuck (Me wish for Democrats to die? No, I just want them to develop Tourette's Syndrome. ~American Quilter)
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To: Rokke

Hey Rokke,

Are you coming back to the viper or are you done for good? We're still training them like crazy (B and TX course) at Luke, hope to see you around.


35 posted on 08/03/2006 10:06:51 PM PDT by church16 (“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence...")
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity; Aeronaut

Good report.


36 posted on 08/03/2006 10:09:11 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: fso301

I have heard that ejecting caused you to lose an inch or two.


37 posted on 08/04/2006 4:38:51 AM PDT by Gamecock ("Jesus came to raise the dead. He did not come to teach the teachable." Robert Farrar Capon)
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To: fso301

I have heard that ejecting caused you to lose an inch or two.


38 posted on 08/04/2006 4:39:01 AM PDT by Gamecock ("Jesus came to raise the dead. He did not come to teach the teachable." Robert Farrar Capon)
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To: Lessismore

OK, centripedal acceleration expressed in terms of equivalent gravity units.


39 posted on 08/04/2006 4:40:40 AM PDT by NonLinear (He's dead, Jim)
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To: Riptides

No doubt. Bummer that the guy got hurt, it's great that he's alive.


40 posted on 08/04/2006 5:40:26 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("Sharpei diem - Seize the wrinkled dog.")
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