Bad Landings Contest

Paul Krumrei · **Joined:** Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:06 pm **Posts:** 1757

Two with one stone. Horse AND a CAR!

Ztex · **Posted:** Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:17 pm

Not exactly a landing...but

Dave Fish · **Posted:** Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:50 pm

Don't know if this is the type of photo you are looking for, but the VMB-611 flight crew of PBJ-1D MB 13 survived this mishap (Official USMC Photo).

Shay · **Posted:** Fri Jun 01, 2007 8:57 pm

Dave Fish wrote:

Don't know if this is the type of photo you are looking for, but the VMB-611 flight crew of PBJ-1D MB 13 survived this mishap (Official USMC Photo).

Hey Dave any I dea where that was at? Must have been pretty violent to rip both engines and the nose off. Great picture

Shay
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Craig59 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:15 pm

Here's a crashed PBJ-1J on Malabang which is somewhat of a mystery. Baughers site lists no PBJ's having crashed on Malabang. I have seen photographs of BuNo 35226 (VMB-423) which overshot and crashed at Mindoro on 10/16/1945. While the crashes appear similar, they are not the same PBJ.

I spoke with Dad (he took the photo) about this picture just last week. The only conclusion we reached was that the accident having taken place so long after hostilities had ended, and the fate of PBJ's already having been decided, this accident could have simply been swept under the rug.

Dave Fish · **Posted:** Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:54 pm

Shay wrote:

Hey Dave any I dea where that was at? Must have been pretty violent to rip both engines and the nose off. Great picture

While I do not have any "official" information on PBJ-1D BuNo 35152, I believe that it was VMB-611’s MB 13, listed as lost in an operational accident in October 1944 on Espiritu Santo. VMB-611 was on their island-hopping flight from Pearl Harbor to Emirau Island to join MAG 61. My book on VMB-611 relates the following:

The squadron of planes saddle up once again, leaving Espiritu Santo and headed north along the Solomon Island chain. They weren’t out more than 45 minutes when a stack blew on one of Lt. Clarke’s engines, forcing him to turn back to Espiritu Santo.

When Clarke arrived over the bomber airbase at Luganville, on one engine, he was refused permission to land. Instead, he was directed to cross the island to the fighter strip at Turtle Bay. This was a poor decision on the part of the Luganville control tower personnel because the Turtle Bay runway was only 3000 feet long and it had a 20-foot drop-off at the far end.

Approaching Turtle Bay from the ocean, Clarke started his descent, but had to abort. Coming around again, Clarke this time reduced the altitude of his approach and forced the plane down as soon as possible – about one-third of the way down the runway. This didn’t leave enough room and Clarke knew it. He hit the emergency brake. The wheels locked. Both tires blew. The plane went off the end of the runway, hit land on the other side, tore off both engines, and stopped in the middle of a river with water flowing into both waist gunports. The seven-member crew exited the aircraft, with the nastiest injury being the co-pilot’s broken jaw. Some time later, all completed their trip to Emirau via a R4D transport plane.

N3Njeff · **Posted:** Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:57 pm

PinecastleAAF wrote:

Whoopsie Daisey!

Whats the story on that one??

fritzthefox · **Posted:** Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:57 pm

C'mon guys, only one day left: Let's see those PICTURES!

Bonus points to anyone with the rights to a picture (or a public domain picture) of a GA plane hung up in phone lines. Those are always funny...
(At least if you are not the one trying to explain it to the NTSB)

Show me what you got...

Elwyn · **Posted:** Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:26 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOTLG0wDG20

Dave Fish · **Posted:** Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:07 pm

N3Njeff wrote:

Whats the story on that one??

Who is she and where/when was this photo taken? It appears she is about to do the big one in "Buying the farm."

TimAPNY · **Posted:** Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:32 pm

Paul Krumrei wrote:

Two with one stone. Horse AND a CAR!

That is going to be had to beat, a dead horse and airplane. That is classic. Talk about the old and new world colliding. :lol:

Tim

JBrawner · **Posted:** Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:52 pm

that 25 looks like "show me" from missouri wing? hard to see the nose art but im pretty sure thats it.

fritzthefox · **Posted:** Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:39 am

Ztex, I'd like to use your Cessna picture for the documentary. Check your private messages.

I will be back for a couple more, guys, so keep posting!

(I am working on the documentary this weekend, and using the photos to fill in bits as I gi, so if you've posted and haven't heard anything yet, it doesn't mean anything...I am simply finding appropriate pix as I need them)

jaybird · **Posted:** Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:53 am

I guess this pic actually fits in the bad take-off thread (actually the unfortunate and sad category).

Old Shep · **Joined:** Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:49 pm **Posts:** 219

The B-25 is "Show Me," assigned to the Missouri Wing of the CAF....Doug Rozendahl uses the video during his safety briefing to illustrate the dangers of wake turbulence. The airplane was landing behind a B-17...very calm day...spacing looked good, but obviously was not. Had the pilots not understood what the rudders were for it would easily have been a tragedy. They went around and landed again with no problem.
Old Shep

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