F-35 Crashes at Hill AFB

afjag · by **afjag** » 20 Oct 2022, 02:14

https://ksltv.com/509087/f35-crashes-at ... orce-base/

Pilot apparently ejected

spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 20 Oct 2022, 02:33

"Smoke from the F-35 crash at the Hill Air Force base."

: Source: ksltv.com

Gums · by **Gums** » 20 Oct 2022, 02:59

Salute!

Looks like the pilot survived. Also looks like the plane went down in a fairly sparsely populated area north of the base between the river and runway, but hard to tell.

The best coverage of an early Viper loss was when "Malibu" went down over the lake and a local TV chopper had live coverage of his pickup and so forth. Early 80's.

Gums sends...

optimist · by **optimist** » 20 Oct 2022, 04:57

Pilot seems ok, no back injury by the look of it.

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/10/19 ... e-base-f35

“We went up there and as we’re driving down the Canal Road ... looking for a way to get up there, we looked over and saw him,” Thurgood said. “He was waving his arms and yelling and walking down towards us and it was the pilot. I don’t really think there’s much to say other than that he’s OK, and that’s the most important part.”

Thurgood said the pilot was in fairly good shape, and although “his hands were bloodied up and he was a little banged up, he was walking and he was coherent.”

“I don’t know how I’d be after I was in a plane crash but he was surprisingly tough,” Thurgood said. “Also, he just seemed like a really good person even having just been through something that was probably crazy to him.”

Thurgood said he sat with the pilot until first responders arrived, and helped them navigate the terrain to reach him. All things considered, he said he was impressed that the pilot managed to avoid hitting any of the houses in the area.

sferrin · by **sferrin** » 20 Oct 2022, 10:15

Damn.

Gamera · by **Gamera** » 20 Oct 2022, 11:11

As no one has asked, I just want to be the first to ask:

Accident aircraft serial number?

afjag · by **afjag** » 20 Oct 2022, 11:58

And thats why we have safety stand downs to make sure things like ejection seats work like they are supposed to.

f35phixer · by **f35phixer** » 20 Oct 2022, 13:09

wasn't there a stand down for flying A's because of ejection seat cartridges?

Good job making sure they worked !

Whoops here it is.
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=58699

spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 20 Oct 2022, 13:46

I guess from this photo that the wind is strong but don't know the scale / distance or whatever:

https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/ten ... 13b3pK.img

quicksilver · by **quicksilver** » 20 Oct 2022, 13:53

afjag wrote:And thats why we have safety stand downs to make sure things like ejection seats work like they are supposed to.

Actually, that’s why we have routine periodic inspections of many aircraft components, including ejection seats.

spazsinbad · by **spazsinbad** » 21 Oct 2022, 02:16

F-35A Crashes at Hill AFB; Pilot Safely Ejects
20 Oct 2022 Chris Gordon

..."Security camera video obtained by a local news outlet showed the aircraft crashing into a mountainous area and erupting into flames. Multiple videos and photos posted to social media showed the ensuing fire. State fire officials said the crash caused an eight- to 10-acre wildfire on DOD land....

...This was the seventh crash of the Lockheed Martin-made F-35. It was preceded by crashes of two USAF F-35As, two Marine Corps F-35Bs, one U.S. Navy F-35C, one Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A, and one Royal Air Force F-35B...."

Photo: "A scene from the crash of an F-35A at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Screenshot of video attributed to a viewer of Fox 13 News." https://www.airandspaceforces.com/app/u ... .00-AM.png

Source: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/f-35a ... ly-ejects/

outlaw162 · by **outlaw162** » 21 Oct 2022, 03:29

This was the seventh crash of the Lockheed Martin-made F-35. It was preceded by crashes of two USAF F-35As, two Marine Corps F-35Bs, one U.S. Navy F-35C, one Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A, and one Royal Air Force F-35B...."

2+2+1+1+1=7

Wouldn't this be the eighth crash? Or am I not up to speed on the new maths?

weasel1962 · by **weasel1962** » 21 Oct 2022, 05:27

That's the whole purpose why acquisition includes attrition reserves. All planes crash. The crash rate imho appears to be lower than projected. Doesn't make it acceptable but it's likely within planning parameters. I wouldnt get my knickers in a twist for this.

ricnunes · by **ricnunes** » 21 Oct 2022, 12:23

outlaw162 wrote:
This was the seventh crash of the Lockheed Martin-made F-35. It was preceded by crashes of two USAF F-35As, two Marine Corps F-35Bs, one U.S. Navy F-35C, one Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A, and one Royal Air Force F-35B...."

2+2+1+1+1=7

Wouldn't this be the eighth crash? Or am I not up to speed on the new maths?

No, because this was the second USAF F-35A crash and as such it's already included in the first '2' of the sum.

What's wrong is the text itself or more precisely the "It was preceded by" part should be replaced by something like "By now there are" or something similar.
So this is not a math error but instead it's an English/grammar error. :wink:

basher54321 · by **basher54321** » 27 Jul 2023, 22:12

AIB Report

19 Oct 2022 ACC F-35A 388th FW Hill AFB AIB Report.pdf: (3.12 MiB) Downloaded 625 times