Backfire "Runway Excursion"
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Backfire "Runway Excursion"
Russian Tu-22M3 runway excursion
A Russian Tu-22M3 bomber veered off the runway while landing at Shaikavka airbase. The news was reported on Sept. 14.
The aircraft is said to be damaged beyond repair. All four on board were not injured.
A Russian Tu-22M3 bomber veered off the runway while landing at Shaikavka airbase. The news was reported on Sept. 14.
The aircraft is said to be damaged beyond repair. All four on board were not injured.
Glad the crew got out ok, suspect the laundry bill is going to be a bit on the high side though! Does the damage to the root of the port wing trailing edge indicate they were going backwards at some point?
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Aren't the doors on the bottom?
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http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...04_670479c.jpg
RP, Thanks for posting that link. I think the vid prompts quite a few questions that will probably go unanswered. BTW, I don't think the drag chute issue had much to do with the outcome.
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This looks like a pretty normal high speed abort - throttles closed at 0' 41" on the clip followed by the brake chute but no clues as to why. The rapid diversion into the tundra suggests a subsequent braking problem - there's no discernible rudder deflection.
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I am reminded of the story told by someone here of a Victor accelerating down the runway at which point a small voice said “hydraulics?”......
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Cool! This airbase is as north as, e.g., Middlesbrough. Local folks would be surprised if they were told they lived in tundra. Thick woods around with some trees 100 ft high and 3 ft in diameter.
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Audio is about 10 sec behind the picture. Also, looks like taileron leading edge down (pitch up) as soon as I can make it out, moves about a bit but pretty much full deflection all the way into overun. Video will be useful for anyone who knows details of Tu22M takeoff performance and SOP.
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According to this source, the aircraft was close to maximum take-off weight and quotes a high ranking source as saying, “The cause of the accident was the failure of speed sensors during the take-off, resulting in the crew decided to stop taking off.”
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'The rapid diversion into the tundra'
I did not expect this to be taken literally, tundra was merely a tongue in cheek figure of speech bearing in mind the aircraft's country of origin but I duly stand corrected.
'The rapid diversion into the tundra'
I did not expect this to be taken literally, tundra was merely a tongue in cheek figure of speech bearing in mind the aircraft's country of origin but I duly stand corrected.