Heritage Flight F-86 - Problem on landing?

[kevin walsh]

Has anyone else heard anything about this?
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/118663.php
Thanks in advance.
Kevin Walsh
Aviation Events Director
Thunder Over Michigan
Yankee Air Museum

[RickH]

I know Snodgrass is out there with his, and I presume Ed Shipley is too. Don't know how many 86s are there.

[warbirdguy]

Supposedly the F-86 performed a gear-up landing on the base and one of the fuel tanks ignited, and what witnesses said created a fireball. Teh pilot was not injured the the Heritage Flight Conference continued today minus the F-86. I saw pictures of this years event and what I believe is Planes of Fames F-86 was in attendance as well.

[Randy Haskin]

Another link:

http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4586410&nav=HMO6HMaY

The jet looks pretty good from the long-range shot in the attached video.

[cg51]

From the video it looks like it was POF's F86. That's the only F86 with a yellow band on the vertical stab that is a Heritage show aircraft to the best of my knowledge. Glad to hear the pilot is ok!! This plane can be rebuilt

[stumac]

That sure looks like the Museum's F-86. That really sucks. Does anyone know who was flying it?

[TimAPNY]

In the video is the F-86 on its gear again? Its a bit hard to tell but it appears that way.

Very glad to hear the pilot is ok

[Sabremech]

I am curious to hear more of what happened as we are about to start flying our F86 after inspection. I just finished our gear swings last week with emphasis on the emergency extension.
David

[P51DFltLn]

Vlado says Snort is fine, the plane is the PoF F-86, it is back up on it's legs, and the damage is not too bad, considering.

[Warbirdnerd]

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** Report created 3/6/2006 Record 26 **
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IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: UNK Make/Model: F86 Description: F-86 SABRE
Date: 03/04/2006 Time: 2200

Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Minor

LOCATION
City: TUCSON State: AZ Country: US

DESCRIPTION
REGISTRATION UNKNOWN, F-86 CIVILIAN OWNED ACFT, PARTICIPATING IN FORMATION
FLYING, LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED, DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, TUCSON, AZ

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: NOT REPORTED

OTHER DATA

Departed: Dep Date: Dep. Time:
Destination: Flt Plan: Wx Briefing:
Last Radio Cont:
Last Clearance:

FAA FSDO: SCOTTSDALE, AZ (WP07) Entry date: 03/06/2006

[Cindy]

I have it on good authority that the plane will be airborne again very soon.

[Randy Haskin]

Rumor mill sez that someone forgot to lower the gear, and that there was nothing wrong with the jet...

[RickH]

Them's that has and thems that will

[Tom Crawford]

Randy says,
"Rumor mill sez that someone forgot to lower the gear, and that there was nothing wrong with the jet."

I thought there certainly would be some kind of a stall warning buzzer or other warning that your gear is not down.....just a guess...Tom

[warbirdguy]

Randy-

And where did you get that information?