Dayton Ohio Airshow USAF Thunderbird Mishap
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As an amateur onlooker: might the published report have had to have found a technical fault - rather than publicly accusing a US airman of bad airmanship? After all, the full truth about the loss of HMS Sheffield has only just come out.
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No doubt the "board" threw this pilot under the bus.
I do not know if there were prior incidents with this pilot, but we had one guy at Hill in the early days that eventually lost a jet and was cashiered. He had at least one previous incident in which he actually came home with particles of trees in the pylons.
Having served on a few boards, I can attest that we all tried our best to absolve the pilot of errors and mistakes and bad judgement. We looked like hell for mechanical problems or whatever. The loss of the Thunder bird in June 2016 was a good example. Pulling back the throttle hard and not having ghe "detent" working correctly must have been a shock. Not enuf time for a restart so punch. I had the same mal myself back in 1983 or so.
The Dayton incident had enuf to blame weather, but not enuf to justify the approach speed and brake technique. Then the killer was a decision not to divert.
We saw a simllar finding in the Blue Angel crash last year and the T-bird crash at Mountain Home. Basic pilot error.
Gums opines...
No doubt the "board" threw this pilot under the bus.
I do not know if there were prior incidents with this pilot, but we had one guy at Hill in the early days that eventually lost a jet and was cashiered. He had at least one previous incident in which he actually came home with particles of trees in the pylons.
Having served on a few boards, I can attest that we all tried our best to absolve the pilot of errors and mistakes and bad judgement. We looked like hell for mechanical problems or whatever. The loss of the Thunder bird in June 2016 was a good example. Pulling back the throttle hard and not having ghe "detent" working correctly must have been a shock. Not enuf time for a restart so punch. I had the same mal myself back in 1983 or so.
The Dayton incident had enuf to blame weather, but not enuf to justify the approach speed and brake technique. Then the killer was a decision not to divert.
We saw a simllar finding in the Blue Angel crash last year and the T-bird crash at Mountain Home. Basic pilot error.
Gums opines...
Last edited by gums; 6th Nov 2017 at 22:54. Reason: typos
IGh, you do realize that the NTSB is an independent agency to PREVENT (or at least minimize) political interference and help insure objectivity?
Nothing like having a career politician oversee your findings to insure objectivity of your work....NOT
Nothing like having a career politician oversee your findings to insure objectivity of your work....NOT
