Antique biplane flips at Washington Reagan National
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Antique biplane flips at Washington Reagan National
A Stearman biplane in town for a Legends of Flight event has tipped over on the tarmac at Reagan National Airport.
Boeing Stearman ground looped at Reagan National
The National Transportation Safety Board today dispatched a
team to investigate today's aviation event that occurred at
approximately 10:05 a.m. at Reagan National Airport, in
Washington, D.C.
A Boeing Stearman ST75 (N52652) ground looped and then
flipped on landing on runway 1.
Senior Aviation Safety Investigator Robert Benzon has been
designated as the Investigator-in-Charge.
team to investigate today's aviation event that occurred at
approximately 10:05 a.m. at Reagan National Airport, in
Washington, D.C.
A Boeing Stearman ST75 (N52652) ground looped and then
flipped on landing on runway 1.
Senior Aviation Safety Investigator Robert Benzon has been
designated as the Investigator-in-Charge.
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Video from the ground . . .
YouTube - FlightBlogger - Stearman Bi-Plane Flips on arrival to DCA - June 8, 2010
YouTube - FlightBlogger - Stearman Bi-Plane Flips on arrival to DCA - June 8, 2010
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If you look at the video shot from the ground, it would seem that the left brake locked up very quickly on touchdown.
Could it have been a locked brake or an inappropriate brake application?
Could it have been a locked brake or an inappropriate brake application?
Praise the Lord for nosewheels.....
Yep, looks like both brakes to me too - a single locked brake would have rotated the plane around the locked gear leg. In this case it looks very much like a little too much brake, too soon, and stood it on the nose. Doesn't look like much damage. 
You have to wonder what the crew and left side passengers of the US Airways aircraft seen taxiing in the ground video must have thought.
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You have to wonder what the crew and left side passengers of the US Airways aircraft seen taxiing in the ground video must have thought.
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Good nobody was hurt, but I suspect that'll be an expensive engine service!
The BBC reporter referred to the 'plane as having 'flipped onto its roof'. Roof! What happened to standards!!!
The BBC reporter referred to the 'plane as having 'flipped onto its roof'. Roof! What happened to standards!!!
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excuse my ignorance on this (cue sarcastic abuse) but why would touching, and then presumably releasing, the brakes cause it to turn over. I can imagine if the pilot landed with the parking brake on or did not release the brakes that this would happen but otherwise am puzzled.
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The BBC reporter referred to the 'plane as having 'flipped onto its roof'. Roof! What happened to standards!!!
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forget:
Here is a Stearman:
http://www.warbirdalley.com/images/S...-overRFD-3.jpg
Could you please point out the 'roof' to me ?
Here is a Stearman:
http://www.warbirdalley.com/images/S...-overRFD-3.jpg
Could you please point out the 'roof' to me ?
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Not knowing, and not an expert, but would it be possible for the passenger to have applied the parking brake from his cockpit without the pilot knowing?
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Paper Tiger, What are you relying on? The fact that it's a biplane? The top of the fuselage, or the bottom if it's up-side down, is still the roof. Does a helicopter have a roof? Yes.
The Fleet 50 Freighter was a twin-engine biplane Canadian general utility aircraft designed and built by Fleet Aircraft. This peculiar-looking aircraft had promise as a freighter and general use aircraft, but it was underpowered and only five were built.
Large doors and a roof-mounted chain hoist were fitted for use in the cargo role.
The Fleet 50 Freighter was a twin-engine biplane Canadian general utility aircraft designed and built by Fleet Aircraft. This peculiar-looking aircraft had promise as a freighter and general use aircraft, but it was underpowered and only five were built.
Large doors and a roof-mounted chain hoist were fitted for use in the cargo role.