ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 75895
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| Date: | Friday 23 July 2010 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet |
| Owner/operator: | 425 (Alouette) Sqn CAF |
| Registration: | 188738 |
| MSN: | 567/A474 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | CAF Lethbridge, Alberta -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | CAF Lethbridge, Alberta |
| CAF Lethbridge, Alberta | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During an air show practice at Lethbridge County Airport, CF188738 experienced a loss of thrust from its right engine while conducting a high angle of attack (AOA) pass at 300 feet (ft) above ground level (AGL). Unaware of the problem but feeling the aircraft sink slightly, the pilot (Brian "Boozer" Bews) selected maximum afterburner on both throttles in order to overshoot from the manoeuvre. The aircraft immediately started to yaw right and continued to rapidly yaw/roll right despite compensating control column and rudder pedal inputs.
With the aircraft at approximately 150 ft AGL and about 90 degrees of right bank, the pilot ejected from the aircraft. The aircraft continued in a tight descending corkscrew to the right prior to hitting the ground nose first.
The ejection system worked flawlessly, but the pilot was injured when he landed firmly under a fully inflated parachute.
Sources:
http://torontosun.com/category/news
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1297283/Canadian-Airforce-pilot-ejects-fighter-jet-moments-crashes-ball-flame.html
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/investigation-finds-stuck-piston-likely-led-to-crash-of-cf-18-hornet-in-air-show-practice/article6220481/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/pilot-recalls-cf-18-crash-a-year-later-1.1063779
http://worldwarwings.com/the-most-spectacular-hornet-crash-ever-caught-on-camera/
http://web.archive.org/web/20171102101854/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/CF-18/cf_18_hornet.htm
http://www.airliners.net/search?manufacturerSerialNumber=0275/A221&display=detail
http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/flight-safety/article-template-flight-safety.page?doc=cf188738-hornet-epilogue-flight-safety-investigation-report/hl7pe978
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jul-2010 12:26 | harro | Added |
| 23-Jul-2010 16:41 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 23-Jul-2010 23:55 | robbreid | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2012 12:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2013 17:40 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2015 07:31 | mhab | Updated [Date] |
| 13-Apr-2017 19:50 | MarkStep | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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