airliner tip over

[Kaptain Kremen]

Hi Gang,
I'm on the hunt for a video i saw a long while back of a large airliner,possibly 747, in which during evacuation most of the pax ran to the back of the aircraft and the whole thing tipped on it's backside. Thought it would be useful in some groundschool. I'd be chuffed if anyone can help.
Thanks
KK

[fireflybob]

That would probably be the B747 at San Francisco (I believe in the 70s) - they hit the approach lights of the reciprocal runway whilst rotating for take off and lost hydraulics and then returned for landing. Cant tell you where to get the clip though - try youtube?

[moggiee]

That's the one, Bob.

They messed up the performance calculations for T/O, hit the lights at the far end, damaged the aeroplane very badly, messed up the fuel dump (losing the plot with the CofG), landed hard because of reduced elevator control (hydraulic system damge) and after landing left the runway.

The aeroplane then tipped as people jumped out of the front and some passengers were badly hurt when the slides went vertical.