THIS WASN'T WHAT THE PILOT HAD IN MIND • F-15 QUICK CLIMB GONE WRONG WITH JAMMED GEAR RAF LAKENHEATH

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10 ай бұрын

An F-15E Strike Eagle of the 492d Fighter Squadron 'BOLARS' is cleared for a 'Quick Climb' but it doesn't quite go to plan. Just before the vertical climb, you'll hear the engines get cut back and then the gear is jammed, which could not be retracted. I guess it is better to have gear down jammed than gear up jammed.
Pilot, WSO and Aircraft all return safely and I have included the aircraft landing back.
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@Blox363 10 ай бұрын

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@bigstuff52 10 ай бұрын

They would probably have more money if they didn't give 100 billion to Ukraine...

@gingafuzz1 10 ай бұрын

Of the two possible gear failure conditions…this one is the more favourable!

@Danlovestrivium 10 ай бұрын

There is a third condition in which not all of the the gear are in the same position. That's even worse than all up or all down.

@whiteskyflyer 10 ай бұрын

Anytime your wheels down it’s a good landing regardless of what happened during the flight….well done!

@donnie830017 10 ай бұрын

A91-0303E was my jet from 04-08. If she had a slow to retract, it was possibly due to a lack of lube on the landing gear. A91-0303E was always a great bird.

@markp.9707 10 ай бұрын

Lucky to fly such an awesome bird!!! Thank you for your service. USA 🇺🇸 🎆

@Ender_Wiggin03 10 ай бұрын

I wonder if EOR missed the gear pin?

@donnie830017 10 ай бұрын

@@Ender_Wiggin03 that was my first thought lol

@ComdrStew 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your service. Do you do play any simulations? Was asking because I play DCS and they just added the F-15E a couple months ago. A few retired pilots are flying on it.

@donnie830017 10 ай бұрын

@@ComdrStew I wasn’t a pilot. I was a crew chief and A91-0303E was my jet. I do not play DCS.

@beornthebear.8220 10 ай бұрын

I'm glad the pilot could land safely.

@daveysurt8803 10 ай бұрын

Brilliantly done, airmanship at it’s very finest and all safe.. respect

@blurrywiz 10 ай бұрын

how get the f35 sticker

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Become a TCS member. Join us 😎

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Well said Davey 🤙🏼

@Frankie5Angels150 10 ай бұрын

Just curious what other choice you thought he had?

@daveysurt8803 10 ай бұрын

@@Frankie5Angels150 How were the crew to know if the Gear was locked in the down position? There was obviously a problem with it and no matter what emergency, it’s brilliant airmanship. Thank you for your comment 👍

@AvroAl 10 ай бұрын

Slow & steady rather than quick! Home & down safe though, that’s the main thing

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Ooohhh yeah

@alixakablackcat3739 10 ай бұрын

Luckily the pilot is ok. Ty for the posting tho Teddi. 😊👍👏

@ScottHanselton 10 ай бұрын

Great content, thanks for the complete footage. Wish I were there! :)

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Oiii Oii 🤙🏼

@NewRailBasher 10 ай бұрын

Nicely handled by the crew and safely home.

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

🤙🏼

@scottdunkirk8198 10 ай бұрын

I wonder if all the pins were out?

@jeffwarren6906 9 ай бұрын

Nice when situations are handled so nicely . Happy it wasn't the other type of jam .

@slmjake 9 ай бұрын

Love the little guy at the end. Why not make life fun a bit and make people smile? Bless you.

@TedConingsby 9 ай бұрын

Oii oiii thank you so much and this is exactly what our channel is about, a fun but serious military aviation channel. Respect 🤙🏼

@FalconXE302 10 ай бұрын

That shows how good that Pilot is... what a landing... about 0.1 on the G meter... insignificant impact on the nose wheel.

@Sahadi420 10 ай бұрын

and saved the brakes riding the back wheels......

@saintuk70 10 ай бұрын

I love the smell of reheat in the morning :) But nicely done with the rtb.

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Ooohh yeah

@nielsdorhout058 8 ай бұрын

That kid felt the pilots pain 😂

@wendacox9105 10 ай бұрын

Glad he landed safely ..nicely done

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Wenda

@chriscost2191 10 ай бұрын

My old squadron at the 'Heath' ... good to see the Strike Eagles still flying over England.

@tomsmith5947 9 ай бұрын

Not understanding the big issue here, as a 20 year Air Force Firefighter gear issues were normal, at least he had all 3 down. In Saudi Arabia we had a F117 that nose gear failed to lower, the main gear was fine, they air to air refueled him for 6 hours until they figured a way to get it to lower

@asynchronicity 9 ай бұрын

Gear issues even made the little kid cry..😅

@ENGBriseB 10 ай бұрын

Glad it was brought back safely.

@margobaxter8344 10 ай бұрын

Ted captures all sorts of aircraft events. Not ideal for the aircrew this one tho' & an 'uh ho' moment, jammed gear. They came in safe though which is the main thing. Happened when I was on a 747, except the pilot wasn't sure if the gear had come down, so flying past the tower for them to confirm all was ok was required. However, we landed fine & relief, to say the least!

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Oii oiii Margo 🤙🏼 This was an option but I believe from what I heard from comms, an F35 flew up to it to check it out and to confirm.

@josemoreno3334 10 ай бұрын

Good safe landing. Stuff happens sometimes.

@TedConingsby 9 ай бұрын

It does and the pilots are trained all the time for these scenarios and put them into place when that time comes.

@lhkraut 10 ай бұрын

Great video but this sometimes happens. All the more reason to get them off the ground to make sure everything works. I am jealous of the access Ted E. Bear has! Thanks for sharing this great stuff! I just subscribed! Prost!!

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. Yes it does, and it may have been over speed but not 100%

@tommynikon2283 10 ай бұрын

The throttle back is done to not "over-speed" the landing gear; they have a V-limit (velocity) NOT to be exceeded. I'd like to know more about the post analysis; did the pilot cycle the breakers/fuses? Gear lights; three green indicated? Etc.

@Sahadi420 10 ай бұрын

The gear-down max for the F-15 is about 250MPH. He 100% throttled back to avoid that.

@Johnty270 10 ай бұрын

@@Sahadi420 he actually did overspeed it unfortunately. Not a fun a week for us

@BudstarXOfficial 10 ай бұрын

Love the F15!

@TedConingsby 9 ай бұрын

Oooohhh yeah

@robwillcox2307 10 ай бұрын

Nice capture Ted.

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Oiii oiiii thanks Rob

@jbthesfm 6 ай бұрын

I really hope no one left a gear pin in. They are hard to miss.

@maxsparks5183 9 ай бұрын

Good job pilot.

@richtaylor2129 10 ай бұрын

Glad the pilot got her down safe & he/she is ok.

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Well said Rich

@DanielWalker4524 10 ай бұрын

He got out of that one cooly. No panic just ease out and land her. All good in the long run. F15 will live to fight another day..

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

@douglas_brighty_tan127 10 ай бұрын

Very incredible and brilliant 🤩👍

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

@brotherenoch6838 9 ай бұрын

FCF gone wrong… Glad it was only the landing gear (in the down position).

@winstonbabb8226 10 ай бұрын

Safe landing very good

@mardasjennings864 10 ай бұрын

What kind of camera are you using?

@surfman88 10 ай бұрын

Amazing we need still gear with all ufo tech around

@gazza2933 10 ай бұрын

I would have thought the crash crews to be out on the airfield. Anyway 'alls well that ends well' 👍

@bpit44 10 ай бұрын

Thinking the same thing, or atleast a barrier engagement

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Yes all safe and sound. Pilot dumped the necessary fuel and tried to rectify the problem to no avail but landed safely.

@tomdarco2223 5 ай бұрын

Right On

@TedConingsby 5 ай бұрын

Oohh yeah

@keithw4920 10 ай бұрын

Was it only the front gear jammed which is why he kept the nose up as long as possible to avoid a possible front collaspe if it hit the ground going too fast?

@davidfifer4729 10 ай бұрын

They normally keep the nose up as long as possible to help slow the aircraft (aerodynamic braking).

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

No all the gear were still down you can see them all down

@kenclark9888 10 ай бұрын

It would be cool to hear the ATC audio as well

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Cannot broadcast this during live streams.

@chrismanning1171 9 ай бұрын

I wonder if someone forgot to pull the nose pin? Seen it before and the pilot did the pre flight.

@Malec_photography 10 ай бұрын

Hi can anyone tell me if lakenheath is on nights on Thursday

@JamesAMG 10 ай бұрын

Hmm, anyone know exactly what happened? Curious because everyone keeps mentioning gear failing to retract, but it’s clear that both mains did retract, then we see them come back down not too long after. Couldn’t tell what the nose gear did.

@Skank_and_Gutterboy 10 ай бұрын

I'm betting that the gear worked just fine but when he retracted the gear, he didn't get the correct indicator lights in the cockpit that the gear had retracted correctly. So the abort and landing was just a precaution. We will probably never know but that's my guess.

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

All gear did not retract. They were still down

@JamesAMG 10 ай бұрын

@@TedConingsby interesting you say that because you can literally see the main gear go up, then come back down shortly after.

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

@@JamesAMG we don’t see them retract in the video but even if they did, all three were still down

@justsmy5677 9 ай бұрын

It looks like he put the gear handle up and the main gear retracted (at least most of the way). We can't really see what happened with the nose gear. I'm sure the cockpit indications showed that all 3 gear were not fully up and the gear lights out. So, in accordance with the checklist, they put the gear handle down, got good gear down indications on all 3 gear, flew around a while to burn gas until they were at a safe landing weight, then landed.

@michaelhoffmann2891 10 ай бұрын

The old truism holds. There are 2 kinds of pilots. Those who've had gear troubles. And those who WILL have gear troubles. (yes, I know, it's actually gear-up landings, but that didn't quite work here fortunately)

@A.J.1656 10 ай бұрын

Then the third kind... those who never have gear troubles.

@michaelhoffmann2891 10 ай бұрын

@@A.J.1656 Ha! Those are pure invention! Mythical beings that don't exist. Or fixed gear pilots! 🤣🤣

@MKHNitro 10 ай бұрын

Bet the pins weren't removed on pre flight

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Most likely hot gear due to overspeed

@CSXT7373 10 ай бұрын

Can anybody explain what that, “squeak” noise is right before the throttle up? You can also kind of hear it during the approach/landing.

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

This is actuators on the engines. Look at the rear of the engines when they are on the ground and you will see the engines getting larger or smaller with the sound. There is a slight delay due to the way sound travels

@CSXT7373 10 ай бұрын

@@TedConingsby I see. Thanks!

@justsmy5677 9 ай бұрын

The noise is from the engine nozzles opening. In mil power the nozzles are fully closed (more thrust). On lineup the pilot checks the engines in mil power, then when satisfied the engines are OK, he releases brakes and plugs in the afterburners. When the pilot selects afterburner the nozzles open fully in order to release all that heat (more thrust in AB, even with the nozzles open).

@TedConingsby 9 ай бұрын

@@justsmy5677 just a little note that when the pilot is rolling and selects afterburners, the nozzles actually close (they get narrow) and not open fully. Again, as you explained well, that’s what generates the “fweep” sound. But yes, I didn’t realise the engine nozzles close when afterburners come on.

@justsmy5677 9 ай бұрын

@@TedConingsby - The nozzles OPEN when afterburner is selected. What I failed to state clearly on my first post is that the crew runs up the engines to about 85% power on lineup. The wheel brakes will not hold a Strike Eagle stationary when the power is at Military power (100% w/no AB). So...what you are really seeing is; 1. the nozzles being mostly open on lineup (about 85%) 2. Pilot satisfied that engines are good, simultaneously releases brakes and smoothly advances power to military power (nozzles CLOSE in military power) momentarily, then pilot selects AB. 3. Nozzles OPEN in afterburner. Cheers!

@kevinreist7718 10 ай бұрын

Did the crew chief remember to pull the landing gear lock pins?

@martinmoffitt4702 10 ай бұрын

why is it the Crew chiefs fault?...did the pilot not ask to see it?...not sure of sequence of when pins are pulled on f-15 series aircraft... i am a former USAF Crew Chief but NOT with flight line experience on those aircraft.

@pgee8702 10 ай бұрын

EOR folks supposed to check for that...was stationed there back when the 15C babies were there...

@kevinreist7718 10 ай бұрын

@@martinmoffitt4702 Because the crew chief is already mentally maxed out with all that kicking the tires, wiping down the canopy and cleaning up the vomit in the back seat from the senator's incentive ride, Duh!

@martinmoffitt4702 10 ай бұрын

@@pgee8702 that's last chance, SHOULD have been squared away before chocks were pulled! Thanbk you for your service Sir!

@TedConingsby 9 ай бұрын

Overspeed possibly

@CosmasNDamian 10 ай бұрын

But did they find a pin with a red pennant on it in the wheel well when they secured the jet?

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

All gear jammed potentially due to over speed

@EleanorPeterson 10 ай бұрын

The RC pilot side of me says he should have opted for a hand-launch. 🤭

@michaelhoffmann2891 10 ай бұрын

Now I can't get that image out of my head. 😹

@annebynon 10 ай бұрын

Phew!

@MrCyp200la 10 ай бұрын

Looked like it had a hard time climbing?

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Overspeed, gear jammed aborted quick climb.

@heeder777 10 ай бұрын

I would be very unlikely this was caused by the landing gear pins, at least three sets of eyes would have had to miss all three gear pins, each gear leg has its own pin. Probably one of the weight on wheels switch went bad. If the aircraft still thinks it's sitting on the ground with a signal from the switch, the gear won't retract and the weapons won't arm. Faulty landing gear control box can also cause this.

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Most likely overspeed

@paulkirkland3263 10 ай бұрын

As far as I can see, the gear retracted normally. Was it just the nose wheel that wouldn't come up ?

@terrancedactielle5460 10 ай бұрын

If you zoom in it looks like the nose gear functions but 1 or both of the main gear fails to retract.

@paulkirkland3263 10 ай бұрын

@@terrancedactielle5460 Sorry, I've watched it twice more - both the main gears retract together at 0:32, then lower together at 0:43. As for the nose wheel, I see the lower edge of the tyre disappear at 0:30, between the two red and white masts, but is that because it is retracting, or is it an increase in pitch up angle obscuring the wheel ? It doesn't come back into view until 1:13, while the aircraft is in the turn. You can't see the nose wheel between those two moments, so how do we know it functioned properly ?

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

All gear did not retract, they were all still down

@paulkirkland3263 10 ай бұрын

@@TedConingsby Even though you see them retract in the video ? Okay.

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

@@paulkirkland3263 incorrect, they never retracted and this CAN be seen in the video, ALL three landing gear down

@MrSmegfish 10 ай бұрын

Warranty job...courtesy car.

@geirjrstad4134 10 ай бұрын

Forgot the safety-pins? 🙄

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Most likely overspeed

@tangowango828 10 ай бұрын

was this from yesterday?

@Ian-Saxon 10 ай бұрын

3 greens much better than 3 reds!

@briansmith2125 10 ай бұрын

Crew chief left the downlocks in.

@A.J.1656 10 ай бұрын

So what you're saying is the pilot failed the pop quiz the crew chief gave him on the preflight walk-around. Lol

@briansmith2125 10 ай бұрын

@@A.J.1656 BINGO!!! LOL! I used to test them all the time but never to the point of obstructing a mission. Some of them didn't appreciate the free training much.

@A.J.1656 10 ай бұрын

@@briansmith2125 Haha. We had one pilot who was notorious for trying to "break" the jet on the walk-around. He'd start waving everyone off when he thought he'd discovered an issue. His "finds" were always entertaining because most of what he found was impossible and demonstrated he didn't have the slightest clue what he was talking about. 😑

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Most likely due to overspeed

@TerminalChill 10 ай бұрын

Better that its unable to retract as opposed to being unable to detract.

@reverseuniverse2559 10 ай бұрын

Looks like the afterburners came straight on sitting still

@bmwr9tracer668 10 ай бұрын

Somebody forgot to pull the gear pin? I mean is there any?

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

No, overspeed

@royhi1809 10 ай бұрын

End of runway...did anyone check the hydraulics befroe the flight?

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

It was mostly likely over speed

@kellywilson8440 10 ай бұрын

Somebody somewhere will answer for that !

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Was most likely overspeed

@scenicbearviewing 10 ай бұрын

Someone forgot to remove the gear pins.

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

This may have been an over speed issue, not 100% sure but could have been

@scenicbearviewing 10 ай бұрын

@@TedConingsby How does the gear get hot? I worked on F-15s. The gear has no way to get hot. The brakes can heat up on landing if the pilot gets on them too much, but this was a take off. After parking big pins with flags on them are put in all three gear, for safety. Sometimes a new mechanic forgets to take them out or one out before a flight. In the video the main gear went up, so maybe the nose gear. He was never real fast so I highly doubt it was a gear overspeed.

@slickstrings 10 ай бұрын

think of all the fuel he would have had to dump.

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Safety procedure

@tomcook5813 10 ай бұрын

Over speed the gear, late getting them up

@TedConingsby 10 ай бұрын

Possibly

@bsuthe 10 ай бұрын

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@bsuthe 10 ай бұрын

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@tsangarisjohn 10 ай бұрын

Take off is the scariest part of any flight.

@michaelhoffmann2891 10 ай бұрын

What?! Compared to landings? Nah. Airplanes *want* to fly. Take off is easy. Push throttle through firewall; make sure noise gets louder; keep the white line between your legs; keep dirty side down; wait. Plane WILL fly. 😆

@albertkelly7129 10 ай бұрын

yep landings all day@@michaelhoffmann2891