Lockheed 12 accident in Belgium

[Fouga23]

The newly arrived Lockheed 12 had a landing accident. After landing, it left the runway (caught by wind?) and hit a hangar. No one was hurt luckily.
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2018/07/01/piloot-parkeert-sportvliegtuigje-tegen-loods/

[Cvairwerks]

Hard to tell for sure, but it looks like they landed with the tailwheel unlocked...

[Dan Jones]

Tell me that wasn't Sidney Cotton's airplane.

[C170BDan]

Tell me that wasn't Sidney Cotton's airplane.

The Lockheed 12 in the video is S/N 1252. The Sidney Cotton 12 is S/N 1203.

Unfortunate accident. Hope they can fix is up quick and get it back in the air soon.

For an overview of surviving Lockheed 12s see my web page...

http://flytoanothertime.com/lockheed10and12.html

[Cubs2jets]

What was in the hangar?

C2j

[Matt Gunsch]

What was in the hangar?

C2j

A Lockheed 12, or at least the front part of one

[DH82EH]

Wow!
That sucks. Glad no one was seriously hurt, but WTF!
Look at the video. The rudders deflect fully to the left just before the tail touches down, then they stay there.

Fast forward to 1:25 for the touchdown.

https://www.tvl.be/nieuws/vliegtuig-cra ... berg-61833

Andy

[CAPFlyer]

Unfortunate accident. Glad it looks like no one was hurt beyond pride.

Does the L-12 have a steerable tailwheel? If you listen, in addition to the rudder being hard over as pointed out, you hear screeching of the tailwheel as it touches, suggesting it's being dragged instead of rolling along the direction of travel.

[Dave Hadfield]

Very odd. It's tracking straight until the tail comes down. And the tail wheel appears to be straight.

Even if it was unlocked it wouldn't cause an immediate yaw like that.

It's as if as soon as the tail came down someone hammered on the brakes, and the left one grabbed or even locked.

Darn shame. Extremely expensive repair.

[ZRX61]

All the 5 people aboard were pilots..... imagine the post-flight conversation..

[Chris Brame]

First thing I thought of was Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett parking Jim Backus's Twin Beech in the restaurant...

[menards]

First thing I thought of was Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett parking Jim Backus's Twin Beech in the restaurant...

https://giphy.com/gifs/airplane-its-a-m ... fullscreen

[avenger2504]

What was in the hangar?

C2j

A Lockheed 12, or at least the front part of one

And I did laugh for real............hopefully the hangar wouldn't have caused too much damage just glad no one got hurt! This aircraft spent some time here in New Zealand too.