P-3C Pulls 7G

SMOC · Post by **SMOC** » 29 Jul 2008, 16:58

I haven't seen an actual story link anywhere but I have seen it posted on a few blogs and forums:

"For your SA we had an P-3 Class A today (not a mishap but by the
material condition of the aircraft they are calling it a class A).
Here's the preliminary info I have:

At Whidbey, BN 161331 was doing a FCF and shut down #1 engine, with #1
off, #2 engine exhibited vibrations and was shutdown. With two engines
off on the same side the aircraft stalled and was recovered at 100 feet.
7 G's were reported to pull it out of the stall. The aircraft landed
safely."

Broken Wing Panel Seperation

Mad Boom Buckle

Wing Spar Broken

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 29 Jul 2008, 17:57

WOW!

Post by **Firebird** » 29 Jul 2008, 20:09

Sounds like somebody really, really wants a P-8

ronniegj · Post by **ronniegj** » 29 Jul 2008, 22:49

Holy Sh*t! Recover from the stall at 100 ft. Bet that new seat cushions and jumpsuits were needed all around. So glad this didn't require another crash report - I hate those!

Ron

wktjr · Post by **wktjr** » 31 Jul 2008, 01:18

Notice the brand new broken wing spar. From the look of it, this aircraft doesn't look to far removed from having just returned from depot having it's wings replaced. I wonder if they'll spend more money returning this aircraft to service or write it off.

SMOC · Post by **SMOC** » 31 Jul 2008, 01:36

I believe I read write-off but I can't find it again... so it's just a "recalled" guess at this point. A ground trainer perhaps.

MIKE JG · Post by **MIKE JG** » 01 Aug 2008, 15:44

Just some additional info I ran across about this:

"Here is some of what has been passed from this event coming from reliable sources:

There's a lot more to this mishap. 45 consecutive rivets were pulled out on the stbd wing during the 7 g pull out (rolling pull), after peaking at negative 2.4g's as well. They did five spin rotations from 5500 ft- - they bottomed out "between 50 and 200 ft"!! They could see the inside of the fuel tanks when they landed. I'll forward the pictures this evening.

They were at 160 KIAS, appr flaps during a prop fails to feather drill on #1 when #2 started surging. They bagged #2, but while doing so got to 122 KIAS. When they added power, they were way below Vmcair, and departed. About a minute later, just before impact, they recovered.

Source is from DC. talking with investigators in Whidbey.

Subject: P-3 Incident BUNO 161331"

wktjr · Post by **wktjr** » 01 Aug 2008, 21:12

Mike, thanks for passing that info, I'll track down some folks on my end and see what's being said on the back channels.