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Elite 2K Joined: Oct 20, 2005 Posts: 2103 Status: Offline

Just found at Yahoo:

Aircraft "WW 824" made an emergency landing at Manila´s IAP on November 22. Must be 90-0824 (14th FS, 35th FW, Misawa AB, Japan). I think this aircraft was participated in "Cope India 05". Although that´s really not my topic (my focus is CENTCOM), I will nevertheless post the following short-lived picture links. Other people at this great website should make an professional entry in the "Mishaps" section.

Related photos currently at Yahoo´s news section:

Grass cutters at the airport's runway push a U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet out of the runway Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005 at Manila's international airport. The F-16 fighter jet flying from Singapore to Japan made an emergency landing after encountering problems with its hydraulics system.
http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com ... EdKWprwQ--

Philippine airport workers push a U.S. airforce F-16 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila November 22, 2005. The aircraft made an emergency landing after an electronic and hydraulic malfunction enroute to Japan from Singapore on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stringer
http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com ... LDOc6Avg--

Philippine airport workers push a U.S. airforce F-16 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila November 22, 2005. The aircraft made an emergency landing after an electronic and hydraulic malfunction enroute to Japan from Singapore on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stringer
http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com ... T4Q4oXYw--

Philippine airport workers push a U.S. airforce F-16 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila November 22, 2005. The U.S. airforce F-16 made an emergency landing after electronic and hydraulic malfunction enroute to Japan from Singapore on Tuesday. REUTERS/Stringer
http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com ... LxebVHuA--

I can´t violate the very strong copyrights of AP and Reuters. So I post only the photo links for your own short-time downloads.

Two things to note here. The jet is being pushed by ground personnel. No tow bar attached, so it can't be steered off the runway. Second, a hydraulic / Electrical failure can be cause by only three separate things failing; PTO shaft Engine Gear Box or Accessory Drive Gear Box.

You can steer it but it's a Fred flintstone-kind of way of doing it if you don't have the steering bar.
Or the "Goliath", but then you've got motion control as well.
As you can se in the two first pictures they are holding back one wing and pushing the other, and pushing the nose over as well .

F-16.net Editor Joined: Aug 23, 2003 Posts: 1766

Posted at news article on Tuesday [Appeared today, sorry!] on 90-0824 hydraulics problem. Came across a picture on the BBC website and found a news article via Google.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4460084.stm [picture 5]

http://tw.news.yahoo.com/051122/14/2k88y.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/051122/14/2k88v.html
has an actual photo of the accident aircraft.

Tail code WW. Tail number 824.

] Thursday, November 24, 2005 - Two U.S. Air Force F-16s based out of

BTW, accident date is 22 November, not 24 November.

F-16.net Editor Joined: Aug 23, 2003 Posts: 1766

<b>Gamera</b> Incident date is 22nd. News tool on this site won't allow the back date to be correctly added to the report

This emergency landing will not make the mishap database as there was no damage, these happen all the time and we just don't hear about it. I have documented it in the serial history, but not as a mishap, just as a comment.

Elite 1K Joined: Jan 31, 2004 Posts: 1563 Status: Offline

IDCrewDawg wrote:

... Second, a hydraulic / Electrical failure can be cause by only three separate things failing; PTO shaft Engine Gear Box or Accessory Drive Gear Box.

Can't remember.....will the EPU fire if the PTO shaft snaps? If it snapped and the EPU did fire I wouldn't imagine the pilot letting that many people get that close until the local HAZMAT troops (or whatever the locals call their team) gave the all clear.

Once you loose hydraulic pressure (below 1500 PS (I think)) and/or Electrical power (main and standby generator). The EPU will auto fire (so long as the switch is in norm). A PTO shaft failure would cause a Hydro/electrical failure. So would a gearbox failure on either the ADG or the engine. Should it be an engine failure (which would also cause this to happen) His amount of flight time is VERY minimal. Likely it was not the engine. I think there are several threads on this.

Jon wrote:

I have documented it in the serial history, but not as a mishap, just as a comment.

] Comments:
] On November 22nd, 2005 this aircraft made an emergency landing in
] Singapore due to hydraulic

BTW, it landed in Philippines, not Singapore. 8)

F-16.net Editor Joined: Aug 23, 2003 Posts: 1766

He be right Jon! Very Happy

Thanks Gamera, serial history fixed.

Jon...

No problemo, dude.

Newbie Joined: Nov 26, 2005 Posts: 1 Status: Offline

Although a small mistake, the aircraft was not returning from Cope India as the 13th FS/AMU was deployed there, which was at Kalaikunda ABS, in West Bengal India. As was noted, this aircraft is with the 14th FS which was participating in an exercise in Singapore.

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