F-16 Thunderbird Crash Caused by Turned Blade Deep in Engine
Investigators said hidden compressor damage caused the loss of thrust, while the pilot survived after ejecting and the $33 million jet was destroyed.
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F-16 Thunderbird Crash Caused by Turned Blade Deep in Engine
A misaligned vane in an F-16 engine that field-level maintainers cannot see to inspect caused one of the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbird jets to crash last December, a new report concludes. The same problem led another F-16 to crash 20 months earlier. The post Investigators Blame F-16 Thunderbird Crash on Turned Fan Blade Deep in Engine appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.
Air Force Thunderbird crashed after failure in engine 'blind spot,' investigation finds
The December crash of one of the famed demonstration team's jets was the second time in less than two years that an F-16 pilot was forced to eject after a failure in an engine's mechanical "blind spot." The post Air Force Thunderbird crashed after failure in engine ‘blind spot,’ investigation finds appeared first on Task & Purpose.
Engine failure that forced an Air Force Thunderbirds acro group pilot to eject from an F-16C Falcon in California last year.
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