Surreal Airplane Crash
On the 24th of June 1994, Czar 52, a B-52H assigned to the 325th Bomb Squadron, 92d Bomb Wing, Fairchild Air Force Base, WA, was practicing maneuvers for an upcoming airshow. The aircrew had planned and briefed a profile, through the Wing Commander level, that grossly exceeded aircraft and regulatory limitations. Upon preparing to land at the end of the practice airshow profile, the crew was required to execute a "go-around" or missed approach because of another aircraft on the runway. At mid-field, Czar 52 began a tight 360 degree left turn around the control tower at only 250 feet altitude above ground level (AGL). Approximately three quarters of the way through the turn, the aircraft banked past 90 degrees, stalled, clipped a power line with the left wing and crashed. There were no survivors out of a crew of four field grade officers.
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5. schlafanzyk commented 11 years ago
No pilot in their right mind would intentionally bank past 90 degrees during a maneuver like that. I still think the pilot is to blame though. You just can't risk doing such an intense maneuver at that kind of angle, with that kind of load, in an aircraft the size of multiple houses.
But then again, the whole thing might have been caused by engine failure in the first place and the pilot may have done nothing wrong.
6. AssieChris commented 11 years ago
7. etplayer commented 11 years ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Fairchild_Air_Force_Base_B-52_crash
8. Tehnol commented 11 years ago
9. UofMichFan commented 11 years ago
12. TooRealToKill commented 11 years ago
Never fly low, never fly slow.
+22 1. abriehat commented 11 years ago