F-16 landed with missing outboard wing following collision

[Background Noise]

Didn't hear about this event at the time but the report is referenced here:

Near-disaster: This F-16 landed after half its wing was sheared off - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/02/20/near-miss-this-f-16-landed-after-half-its-wing-was-sheared-off/)

[Rosevidney1]

Thankfully at least nobody was seriously hurt. It could have so easily have been catastrophic.

[ORAC]

5ft of wing? Paah!! Nothing.....

1983 Negev mid-air collision (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Negev_mid-air_collision)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/thomasdw/f15_wing.jpg


Pardon the crappy special effects and mixed aircraft types - but you get the pilot's first hand story...

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[NutLoose]

Impressive, red bull just did the same, here it is chopping off the prop of one and the wing of the other, both landed ok and no computer assistance in flying it.

Aero India 2015: Red Bull stunt planes collide mid-air, pilots safe : South, News - India Today (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/aeroindia2015-red-bull-stunt-aircraft-accident-yelahanka-air-base-bengaluru-narendra-modi/1/419836.html)

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/02/19/25D5F5EB00000578-2960450-image-a-175_1424366080477.jpg

The other

http://www.coastaldigest.com/images/stories/pictures/Feb2015/feb17/red_bull_collide1.jpg

[dat581]

F-16 computer assistance a bit ( F-18 better for such things ) F-15 nil computer help!

[ORAC]

F-16 computer assistance a bit ( F-18 better for such things ) F-15 nil computer help!

The Story of Self Repairing Fight Control Systems (http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/88798main_srfcs.pdf)

[Minnie Burner]

Two F-18's have mid-air (http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Stories1/001-100/0011_F-18_Mid-air/story0011.htm)

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Stories1/001-100/0011_F-18_Mid-air/images/midair2.jpg

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Stories1/001-100/0011_F-18_Mid-air/images/midair7.jpg

[Treble one]

Looks like the WSO left the pilot to it..?

[27mm]

Leading an Eagle back to Deci, my WSO tells me that the dude's left stabilator is missing. The Eagle driver hadn't noticed anything amiss, apart from his jet "feeling a little squirrelly".

[Rhino power]

Looks like the WSO left the pilot to it..?

They're both single seaters... :ok:

-RP

[Treble one]

Thank you RP. DOH!


The absence of the second seat easily explained then.

[skydiver69]

F-16 computer assistance a bit ( F-18 better for such things ) F-15 nil computer help!

1983 Negev mid-air collision - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Negev_mid-air_collision)

The 1983 Negev mid-air collision was an accident in which the right wing of an Israeli Air Force F-15D was sheared off in a mid-air collision. Pilot Ziv Nedivi managed to land the F-15 safely due to the F-15 Eagle's aerodynamic characteristics.

[ORAC]

Hmmm, want to look at post 3 at the top of the page? :rolleyes:

[Lantern10]

F15 does it also. Sadly the other pilot passed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M359poNjvVA

[Rhino power]

So that's two further replies now, repeating what ORAC already posted in reply #3! :rolleyes:

-RP

[skydiver69]

Hmmm, want to look at post 3 at the top of the page? :O

I was err clearly just adding context for those with err worse WWW skills than me :ok:

[megan]

USAF report

http://www.airforcemag.com/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2015/102014_F16C_Kansas.pdf