Posted on Mar 28, 2022
F-22 Raptor Mishap at Eglin Highlights Air Force's Landing Gear Issues
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Airmen began posting an image of an F-22 Raptor with its nose cone buried in the ground at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on Tuesday afternoon, after the aircraft had an apparent landing gear mishap earlier that morning.
Although the image was unverified, a statement from the 96th Test Wing at Eglin confirmed that the incident happened during landing around 10 a.m. and that emergency crews rushed to the scene immediately.
An almost identical incident happened with an F-22 at Eglin last year, when a pilot experienced an in-flight emergency and the front landing gear didn't operate properly, causing the nose cone to dip into the ground on the runway.
After that mishap, the F-22 Raptors at Eglin -- and 10% of the fleet at other bases -- were inspected. Air Combat Command found that one in five of those jets had incorrectly rigged landing gear. Nearly 40 of those had to be fixed.
Although the image was unverified, a statement from the 96th Test Wing at Eglin confirmed that the incident happened during landing around 10 a.m. and that emergency crews rushed to the scene immediately.
An almost identical incident happened with an F-22 at Eglin last year, when a pilot experienced an in-flight emergency and the front landing gear didn't operate properly, causing the nose cone to dip into the ground on the runway.
After that mishap, the F-22 Raptors at Eglin -- and 10% of the fleet at other bases -- were inspected. Air Combat Command found that one in five of those jets had incorrectly rigged landing gear. Nearly 40 of those had to be fixed.
F-22 Raptor Mishap at Eglin Highlights Air Force's Landing Gear Issues
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Did I read it correctly, they only surveyed 10% of the fleet at other bases?
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Yep, but with that sample, they found 1 out of 5 had the problem, so enough deficient that they all had to be checked and retrofitted... That's How I read it, Robert... Still the first two collapses should have been enough to have all F22's retrofitted/corrected anyway if, indeed, they were found defective...
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WOW!!! Lt Col Charlie Brown, it is very fortunate that this was caught before any more front landing gear collapses!
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The kick-stand is located on the left side of the F-22. The pilot is supposed to step out of the cockpit with the canopy raised and climb down the fuselage until he reases the stand and deploys it.
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