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Title: F-16 crashes on takeoff at Ellington Field in Texas
Post by: DaveBB on June 21, 2017, 05:48:48 PM: I'm in the industrialized portion of east Texas taking some software training, and learned that an F-16 crashed on takeoff at Ellington Field. But the plane actually looks to be intact. The pilot ejected. The wheels are up. Word is that it caught on fire on takeoff. Pictures show it in the grass. The real story will come out soon.

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Title: Re: F-16 crashes on takeoff at Ellington Field in Texas
Post by: Vraciu on June 21, 2017, 06:23:33 PM: "Tribe" - Oklahoma ANG, Tulsa.
Title: Re: F-16 crashes on takeoff at Ellington Field in Texas
Post by: puller on June 21, 2017, 06:31:15 PM: Tulsa news said the ANG at TIA was supposed to get 6 or 8 F35s...Can't remember when they said they would receive them...
Title: Re: F-16 crashes on takeoff at Ellington Field in Texas
Post by: Busher on June 21, 2017, 08:15:49 PM: A good landing, you walk away..........

A great landing lets you use the airplane again.. :)
Title: Re: F-16 crashes on takeoff at Ellington Field in Texas
Post by: Zimme83 on June 21, 2017, 08:25:23 PM: Technically he did not walk away, he used the *ss cannon.. :D
Title: Re: F-16 crashes on takeoff at Ellington Field in Texas
Post by: colmbo on June 21, 2017, 08:36:51 PM: WTH am I seeing under the right wing that looks like an engine intake?
Title: Re: F-16 crashes on takeoff at Ellington Field in Texas
Post by: Devil 505 on June 21, 2017, 08:40:42 PM: Quote from: colmbo on June 21, 2017, 08:36:51 PM
WTH am I seeing under the right wing that looks like an engine intake?

Probably the gear door and some extra peeled up sheet metal.
Title: Re: F-16 crashes on takeoff at Ellington Field in Texas
Post by: Serenity on June 21, 2017, 09:10:29 PM: Quote from: Zimme83 on June 21, 2017, 08:25:23 PM
Technically he did not walk away, he used the *ass cannon.. :D

I lovingly call it the "f*** this" handle :D

Quote from: colmbo on June 21, 2017, 08:36:51 PM
WTH am I seeing under the right wing that looks like an engine intake?

Quote from: colmbo on June 21, 2017, 08:36:51 PM
WTH am I seeing under the right wing that looks like an engine intake?

Yep. Gear was likely either down or in transit on impact.
Title: Re: F-16 crashes on takeoff at Ellington Field in Texas
Post by: Vraciu on June 21, 2017, 10:14:54 PM: Quote from: colmbo on June 21, 2017, 08:36:51 PM
WTH am I seeing under the right wing that looks like an engine intake?

Drop tank. Mangled. Looks attached to the pylon.

(Edit in after a look at a higher res picture...) Or possibly a main gear door. Best guess.
Title: Re: F-16 crashes on takeoff at Ellington Field in Texas
Post by: Mongoose on June 21, 2017, 10:57:27 PM: That was my guess. It looks like something round that is attached to the pylon, and got flattened against the ground.
Title: Re: F-16 crashes on takeoff at Ellington Field in Texas
Post by: Puma44 on June 22, 2017, 12:32:03 AM: Looks like a drop tank with the nose cone broken off.
Title: Re: F-16 crashes on takeoff at Ellington Field in Texas
Post by: DaveBB on June 22, 2017, 05:55:47 AM: Yes, that's a drop tank with the nose cone tore off. There was a huge plume of black smoke. Whether the drop tank spilled its contents before or after the crash is up for contention.
Title: Re: F-16 crashes on takeoff at Ellington Field in Texas
Post by: Shuffler on June 22, 2017, 07:35:24 AM: They fly over all the time when called to check aircraft or on practice out over the gulf. This is just down the road.
TheGuppy is kept there and at least one U2 is there.
Title: Re: F-16 crashes on takeoff at Ellington Field in Texas
Post by: Maverick on June 22, 2017, 10:51:16 AM: I'm just glad no one was killed and no major property damage. Could have been far far worse.