IAD Dulles Snow collapses hanger roof

[visibility3miles]

In Virginia, a hangar roof collapsed at the Dulles Jet Center around 8 a.m. Saturday morning, according to Rob Yingling, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokesman.

Yingling says there were five people spending the night at the complex, but they weren't injured.

He says they suspect significant damage to the hangar, and there were four private jets inside, but they have not done a full damage report yet.

The airport authority says there isn't any fear of a collapse at the terminal.
Snow causes multiple roof collapses around region - wtop.com (http://www.wtop.com/?nid=600&sid=1882549)

[Saddlesniffer]

Hangers are for clothes, right?

[merlinxx]

Oi sniffer, no the floor is:ugh:

[a319airbus]

Hi all,
A friend has e-mailed me photos of the hangar collapse.If anyone wants them drop me a line.:ok:
Kev

[robbreid]

Ouch!!!, 3 Global XRS and a GV.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd208/robbreid/Dulles1.jpg

[CL300]

SIr, we put the plane in the hangar, it is going to snow tomorrow.
It will be cheaper as well we won't have to deice.... indeed...

once in a million....

[INNflight]

Ouch...!

Vr comes to my mind tho... :\

[wtf - over]

Somewhere there's a janitor saying "cool, now I can finally sweep under all the airplanes at the same time".

[BreezyDC]

These photos are just Hanger A after initial collapse. Similar situations now in Hangers B and C, with D barely intact.

[wtf - over]

I really couldn't piece together from the previous posts, but was this pictures taken at IAD?

[CdtWeasel]

Yeah that should be IAD. We have another decent sized storm coming, I wonder if hangar D will hold up. Anyone know if N5UU got squished as well? It wears my favorite biz-jet paint scheme on it.

[Fosters]

N5UU still at Farnborough this morning in its normal place on the east ramp. Don't think it has flown for a while.

Fosters

[robbreid]

There are 3 collapsed bays, first bay (the photos), are (confirmed)

N89MX Global XRS of Micro Strategy
N400GX Global Express of DC Global
N585JC Gulfstream V of Hilton Hotels
N620K Global Express of Eastman Kodak

Unconfirmed includes so far!!! from the other two bays,

N59AP Gulfstream IV of Computer Sciences Corp.
N62YC Falcon 2000EX of Nextel
N106RW Falcon 900EX of Richard Wenzel
N528JR Global XRS of J.E. Roberts Co.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd208/robbreid/Dulles11.jpg

[Mad (Flt) Scientist]

Hate to think how you'd go about trying to extract the a/c from what's undoubtedly a structure which is at best "questionable" and may be downright unsafe without causing further damage - assuming that they aren't written off already, of course...

[galaxy flyer]

One of those Globals is brand new, less than 100 hours.

GF

[robbreid]

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd208/robbreid/C-FRKQ.jpg
C-FRKQ Global XRS (N89MX) just registered in December.
I live right near Downsview, and see the green Globals overhead most days.

[CdtWeasel]

Wow, that aerial view really is something. Hangars B and C look to be even worse off than A.

[NutLoose]

There are more on here, but have linked some of the photos across

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd208/robbreid/Dulles6.jpg

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd208/robbreid/Dulles4.jpg


http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd208/robbreid/Dulles3.jpg







AVCANADA • View topic - 3 Global Express XRS involved in hangar collapse at IAD . . (http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=62218&start=0)

[BreezyDC]

What was the temperature in the hangers prior to the collapse?

[robbreid]

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd208/robbreid/Dulles19.png
Hawker 800XP one of about 20 jets inside hangars at Dulles Jet Center.
Deconstruction of the hangar will begin this week, and eventual removal of the aircraft.

[rjay259]

The sadist pictures I have seen of beautiful aircraft.

At least they have held their heads high.

259.

[BreezyDC]

Surviving Hangar Shored Against Storm | ENR: Engineering News Record | McGraw-Hill Construction (http://enr.ecnext.com/coms2/article_busu100210HangarCollap)

Surviving Hangar Shored Against Storm

Publication Date: 10-FEB-10
Author: Nadine M. Post
Format: HTML



Description:
Staying just hours ahead of another snow storm expected to hit Virginia’s Dulles International Airport on Feb. 10, about 40 workers from Miller & Long Concrete Construction, Bethesda, Md., installed 65 towers to shore the sole-surviving aircraft hangar unit at the three-year-old United Jet Center. Three other units at the private hangar collapsed during a Feb. 6 storm, which dumped 35.5 in. of wet snow on the facility’s roof. No one was injured during the three collapses, but many of the 14 aircraft were damaged.

[robbreid]

Photo from msyn95 of N620K Kodak Global Express and N585JC Hilton Hotel's Gulfstream V.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd208/robbreid/Dulles1-1.jpg

Photo from RedPipper24 June 29/10 N620K first aircraft out of damaged hangar.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd208/robbreid/N620K.jpg

[BizJet700]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4087/4844578665_f7c1b84c8d_b.jpg

http://l.yimg.com/g/images/icon_all_rights.png All rights reserved by RedRipper24 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49589823@N05/)

Flickr Photo Download: Dulles Jet Center write-offs (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49589823@N05/4844578665/sizes/l/in/contacts/)

All write offs? :{

[onetrack]

All write offs? :{

14 of them apparently were, according to the news article below... :(

"No Dulles Jet Center personnel were injured in the mishap, but 14 business jets – Gulfstreams, Bombardier Globals and Dassault Falcons – were crushed by structural beams.
According to industry sources, all of the damaged aircraft are write-offs, with damages for the jets estimated at more than $300 million."

Snow fells Dulles Jet Center hangars: AINonline (http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/snow-fells-dulles-jet-center-hangars-23969/)

The owner claims he has "more than adequate insurance to cover the jet and facility damages"... :hmm:

He may have, right at present... but I'd hate to see his insurance premiums, next time he wants to insure a hangar... :hmm:

Who in their right mind, builds a skillion-roof hangar, in heavy snow country?? :rolleyes:

[robbreid]

N59AP Gulfstream GIV 1476 Computer Sciences All available sizes | IMGP0876 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49589823@N05/4867044233/sizes/l/in/photostream/)
N62YC Falcon 2000EX 119 Nextel
N89MX Global XRS 9304 Micro Strategy All available sizes | N89MX (Written Off?) BD-700 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49589823@N05/4791302299/sizes/l/in/photostream/)
N106RW Falcon 900EX 120 Richard Wenzel All available sizes | IMGP0877 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49589823@N05/4867660986/sizes/l/in/photostream/)
N109CP Beech 400 RK-47 THY Seminars LLC
N400GX Global XRS 9037 DC Global All available sizes | N400GX (Written Off) BD-700 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49589823@N05/4791302595/sizes/l/in/photostream/)
N528JR Global XRS 9177 E R Roberts Companies All available sizes | Written Off? | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49589823@N05/4845196422/sizes/l/in/photostream/)
N585JC Gulfstream V 618 Hilton Hotels
N620K Global XRS 9052 Eastman Kodak All available sizes | BD-700 Written Off? | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49589823@N05/4754997563/sizes/l/in/photostream/)
N800LA Hawker 800XP 258679 BAE Survivability Systems LLC http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd208/robbreid/DullesN800LA.png

Four aircraft unidentified, one small propeller twin and 3 jets????

[Raffles S.A.]

I was there shortly afterwards, saw that. Very expensive.