F35/KC130 Down

[The Brummie]

It appears that a pair of USAF aircraft clipped wings in the US earlier.

An F35 was destroyed when it impacted the ground whilst the KC130 came down in a field minus both right hand props, inboard fuel tank as well as suffering damage to the left hand wing!!!

Luckily only minor injuries to the F35 pilot with the KC130 crew being uninjured.

[Eric Mc]

That was expensive - but lucky for everyone involved.

[Gary29]

Yeah, expensive indeed! Do pilots get the chop for incidents like this? $100M is an expensive error.

And here I am stressing at work over a £500 blunder!

[The Brummie]

Not my photo - lifted from Scramble Facebook page.

[dirty doug]

That would have focused the minds somewhat!

It sounds about the best outcome all round so I would suggest the money albeit large is inconsequential.

Hats off to the skill of all involved.

[aeropilot]

The Brummie said:

It appears that a pair of USAF aircraft clipped wings in the US earlier.

Not USAF.....both were US Marine Corps aircraft.

[The Brummie]

aeropilot said:

The Brummie said:

It appears that a pair of USAF aircraft clipped wings in the US earlier.

Not USAF.....both were US Marine Corps aircraft.

Yes I realised my mistake a while ago. Thank you.

[Oilchange]

Crikey! Asymmetric Herc in the extreme. Must’ve been interesting flying that

[normalbloke]

Wow, that must have got exciting quite quickly! Now we know all survived, I hope there is some onboard footage that gets released.

[anonymous-user]

That's about as exciting a day as anyone involved ever wants to experience

Couple of flying suits for the laundry

[magpie215]

Oilchange said:

Crikey! Asymmetric Herc in the extreme. Must’ve been interesting flying that

Close the throttles and point the nose down...your no longer asymetric :-)

[Krikkit]

Good to hear everyone's OK, sounds like a right mess. Bit of footage from the toobs of the 130 at rest.

[aeropilot]

normalbloke said:

Wow, that must have got exciting quite quickly!

The ATC recording of the crew calming informing ATC they have just had a mid-air and have lost No.3&4 engines defies the situation they must have been in at that moment.

[magpie215]

aeropilot said:

normalbloke said:

Wow, that must have got exciting quite quickly!

The ATC recording of the crew calming informing ATC they have just had a mid-air and have lost No.3&4 engines defies the situation they must have been in at that moment.

Seen another pic with blades missing from #1 prop....not sure if thats from the inflight incident or the forced landing.

[MB140]

It’s incidents like this that remind me every time I go and do AAR just how dangerous it is and how quickly it can go wrong.

Still amazes me that two fk of great airlines fly at 15 ft apart and corrections are given in 6” whilst in a turn. Yep that’s how accurate the they are.

One day I will try and get a video of the control yoke. It looks like Colin McRae going max chat while the plane stays perfect.

Glad they all got out okay

Edited by MB140 on Wednesday 30th September 13:42

[LimaDelta]

magpie215 said:

Oilchange said:

Crikey! Asymmetric Herc in the extreme. Must’ve been interesting flying that

Close the throttles and point the nose down...your no longer asymetric :-)

At least there's plenty of rudder on the C130!

[normalbloke]

This photo from PPRUNE shows it was quite a bit more than ‘just’ the two engines concentrating the mind!

[aeropilot]

normalbloke said:

This photo from PPRUNE shows it was quite a bit more than ‘just’ the two engines concentrating the mind!

I think the damage from the mid-air is all starboard side, and the bent No.1 prop and missing port side refueling pod, where the fuel is pouring out, are probably from a port wing low impact with the ground when they hit, looking at the curved groove in the ground behind it.

[normalbloke]

aeropilot said:

normalbloke said:

This photo from PPRUNE shows it was quite a bit more than ‘just’ the two engines concentrating the mind!

I think the damage from the mid-air is all starboard side, and the bent No.1 prop and missing port side refueling pod, where the fuel is pouring out, are probably from a port wing low impact with the ground when they hit, looking at the curved groove in the ground behind it.

Yes, I think you’re quite right.

[Krikkit]

ATC recording: