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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: DemolitionMan on November 07, 2017, 07:26:54 am
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ORIANA PAWLYK
A wet runway and wind gusts made an Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 Fighting Falcon slide and flip after landing during a routine training flight, an Air Force accident investigation report found.
Officials said “excess airspeed and insufficient stopping distance” on the runway — soaked due to inclement weather — at Dayton International Airport, Ohio, resulted in the two-seater aircraft’s crash.
A failure to follow procedures by Thunderbird 8, piloted by Capt. Erik “Speedy” Gonsalves, also contributed to the mishap, the report said.
https://www.defensetech.org/2017/11/03/f-16-thunderbirds-crash-resulted-wet-runway-wind/