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Thunderbird accident at Dayton...

Fri Jun 23, 2017 3:05 pm

Two-seater flips over on landing.

Thunderbirds-Crash-at-Dayton-Air-Show

daytondailynews.com

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Re: Thunderbird accident at Dayton...

Fri Jun 23, 2017 4:04 pm

Both crew reported in good condition:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/thu ... 71YW9P2HJ/
Strange accident to happen while taxiing, getting flipped over like that... could it have been a microburst?

Re: Thunderbird accident at Dayton...

Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:46 pm

It's possible. Winds weren't horrible (under 20 knots sustained) but it could be a combination of hydroplaning due to the extreme rain rate with wind and soft soil that caused it, but the biggest thing is you see the linked video below of an F-16 getting blown over, and it doesn't flip, so why would it flip completely, even with soft soil, if it wasn't a pretty good burst of wind?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmXG1Owvct4

Re: Thunderbird accident at Dayton...

Fri Jun 23, 2017 6:29 pm

A microburst did this at AMARG a couple of years ago.

https://theaviationist.com/2014/07/17/f ... over-f-16/
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