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Air Traffic Monitoring => Listener Forum => Topic started by: Fryy/Avocadoflight on June 08, 2008, 04:39:58 AM

Title: B2 Crash in Guam
Post by: Fryy/Avocadoflight on June 08, 2008, 04:39:58 AM

video from the B-2 crash in Guam.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f6d_1212714828

Title: Re: B2 Crash in Guam
Post by: Lezam on June 08, 2008, 10:48:27 AM

One of those things costs a BILLION dollars.

Title: Re: B2 Crash in Guam
Post by: mpflood on June 08, 2008, 01:42:06 PM

talk about yanking it off the ground!

Title: Re: B2 Crash in Guam
Post by: NAplaya16-ATC on June 08, 2008, 11:12:16 PM

ya what was the cause?  was it because the pilot just pulled up too quickly and never recovered?  or did an engine die?

from my point, just looked the dude just flared way too early

-NAplaya

Title: Re: B2 Crash in Guam
Post by: aevins on June 08, 2008, 11:36:11 PM

http://www.acc.af.mil/media/archives/story.asp?id=123101589 (http://www.acc.af.mil/media/archives/story.asp?id=123101589)

""uncommanded 30 degree nose-high pitch-up on takeoff, causing the aircraft to stall and its subsequent crash."

Title: Re: B2 Crash in Guam
Post by: rpd on June 09, 2008, 01:07:14 PM

Rotated to early, not flare.  Flare is a landing function.

Title: Re: B2 Crash in Guam
Post by: Biff on June 09, 2008, 01:41:27 PM

GIGO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_in,_garbage_out) in action.

Sometimes fly-by-wire can really suck.

Title: Re: B2 Crash in Guam
Post by: NAplaya16-ATC on June 10, 2008, 12:04:51 AM

haha rotated is what i meant!  lol

Title: Re: B2 Crash in Guam
Post by: NAplaya16-ATC on June 10, 2008, 11:59:33 PM

what i dont get is,  why did the plane dive to the left?  was it just b/c he stalled it too much and it started to spin (which im not sure could happen), or did the pilot do that?   

-NAplaya

Title: Re: B2 Crash in Guam
Post by: Fryy/Avocadoflight on June 11, 2008, 01:40:33 AM

Quote from: NAplaya16-ATC on June 10, 2008, 11:59:33 PM

what i dont get is,  why did the plane dive to the left?  was it just b/c he stalled it too much and it started to spin (which im not sure could happen), or did the pilot do that?   
-NAplaya

im sure they were trying to regain control of the stall. maybe the plane started to turn left when they were about to eject..?