Video: Cable snaps on USS Eisenhower during landing
 

Cable snaps on USS Eisenhower during landing
Published on Jul 8, 2016 The Virginian-Pilot

All concern for the flight-deck crew...but that would be a high heart-rate event for the crew of the Hawkeye!

Wow, that is cause for new underwear...

"The report credits the “phenomenal airmanship” by the Hawkeye’s crew"....yep, I'll go with that; awesome save from the Screwtops. BZ!!

yeah - I was taught early on to stay well clear of any cable under tension - such as a tow line on a boat or anything attached to a winch................... when they snap that a lot of energy suddenly running amok

Had a 3/8" wire rope snap when winching a vehicle. It went off like a rifle shot, and would have cut in half anyone who had been standing in the way. Like HH, was taught not to do so.

Wonder how low they got on that nightmare situation..

BZ to the crew..:D

I understand that 8 ground crew were hurt by the cable. I wish them a speedy recovery.

http://pilotonline.com/news/military...961145c9d.html

Now.....let's hear some Air Force Zoomies tell us about that dreaded mid-day VFR approach and landing to a 10,000 x 150 foot Runway.:E

HOLY SH*T! Give that crew a medal. I wonder what speed they were at when it went over the end. Barely flying speed at a guess.

And that, ladies, is why you go to max power when you catch the wire. I note that the video is dated March of this year.




Knew a guy who, during initial CQ, didn't go to max in the wire each time. The second time he failed to get it right, the LSO told him not to come back. He didn't end up completing the course.

Out of interest, typically at what point in the 'arresting phase' do the crew think "OK, we're down, lets throttle back etc" ? Do they always wait until zero forward speed?

Best wishes for full recoveries to the injured crew members.

When you stop going forward.

Before going to the boat for the first time we were shown a video of assorted don't do's and prangs. One was of an A-4 that went over the side after a wire snap. Kept it airbourne for a long, long time with an incredible nose up (seemed like 30° or so from memory) waltzing along with the bottom of the tailpipe in the water at what seemed almost like walking pace. Finally flopped down and pilot climbed out.

Wow, just wow. About 4 seconds out of sight from that camera & having watched before reading, I thought they'd gone.

Basically, when you stop moving forward relative to the flight deck and start to get pulled back by the cross deck pendant (arresting cable), you throttle back to idle and raise the hook so the cable is released from the hook (You still have airspeed at that point because there's typically 25+ knots wind over the deck, so no you don't wait for zero airspeed.) At the same time you look for the yellow shirt (plane director) to give you the signal to throttle back up when the cable is released so you can taxi out of the foul area. During daylight Case 1 ops (good weather) the next aircraft is only 45 seconds behind you so you want your aircraft beyond the foul line quickly so the LSO does not have to give a "foul deck" wave off to the next aircraft. If the cable snags on the arresting hook, a green shirt will use a stick with a hook on the end to pull the cable off your arresting hook. This is very dangerous work and why the pilot MUST wait to get his throttle direction from the yellow shirt or else he may blow the green shirt off the deck if he's still behind the aircraft when he throttles up.

I guess the pilot received the US equivalent of a "Green Endorsement"

to go with the brown trousers I suspect.

KenV - thanks for the info.