F-16 Wheels Up Landing - 3/7/2020

[fholbert]

Not a big deal. Happens sometimes.

I posted it because I don't see any crash trucks?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1500848337280548869

Date:	07-MAR-2022
Time:
Type:	General Dynamics F-16
Owner/operator:	U.S Air Force
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Unknown
Location:	Aviano Air Base - Italy
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
An F-16 from the USAF 31st Fighter Wing performed a gear-up landing at Aviano Air Base, Italy. It operated on a an armed overwatch patrol mission as part of NATO’s enhanced Air Policing Mission.

 

[jcpilot]

I wonder if he remembered to kill the engine on short final to save having to tear it down.

 

[ASpilot2be]

I thought this was a necropost. So it didn't happen two years ago.

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

Was this accidental? Or did the gear fail to drop?

 

[fholbert]

Was this accidental? Or did the gear fail to drop?

That's what I'm saying... I don't see any crash trucks and the USAF rolls the crash trucks for a paper cut.

 

[Inverted25]

Was this accidental? Or did the gear fail to drop?

Lost the left main wheel on takeoff. Decided to belly in instead of trying to land on 2 of 3 wheels


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[MikeD]

Lost the left main wheel on takeoff. Decided to belly in instead of trying to land on 2 of 3 wheels

Don’t want to land on 2 of 3, even 2 mains, on those, unless maybe with a center rack. All up is the best option, or controlled bailout.

 

[guywhoflies]

Don’t want to land on 2 of 3, even 2 mains, on those, unless maybe with a center rack. All up is the best option, or controlled bailout.

It said the plane was on an armed mission. I assume the pilot jettisoned the ordinance before landing. Would he/she just go out to a range or over the ocean to get rid of their ordinance?

 

[Minuteman]

I note that Aviano has a single runway. Is that a significant consideration for not foaming-up the runway?

 

[fholbert]

I still have a question. If it was a planned wheels up, where are the crash trucks?

 

[NovemberEcho]

I still have a question. If it was a planned wheels up, where are the crash trucks?

it’s Italy, give it time.

 

[ASpilot2be]

it’s Italy, give it time.

The runway will be covered in marinara. Mmmmm.

 

[TWP]

The F16 is so cool it makes it seem like it was designed to land this way every time.