Seth Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 https://jalopnik.com/technician-accidentally-sets-off-an-f-16-cannon-blows-1829732241 In the believe it or not category, a technician while servicing an F-16 accidently activated the cannon thus blowing up another F-16. -Seth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dream to fly Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 https://jalopnik.com/technician-accidentally-sets-off-an-f-16-cannon-blows-1829732241 In the believe it or not category, a technician while servicing an F-16 accidently activated the cannon thus blowing up another F-16. -Seth How does one explain that mistake? Whoops I meant to test the other circuit?Sent from my E6810 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Posted October 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 And fueling/armed for a mission while conducting maintenance? Isn’t there some sort of you don’t work on armed airplanes rule? Unless there was an issue and they had to fix it for the mission. -Seth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danb Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 Talk about not using checklists even during maintenance dumbass’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steingar Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 Usually when these things happen I say thankfully no one was hurt, and they’ll make more airplanes. But I don’t think we can make more F-16s even if we want to, and it’s replacement is out of production and in short supply as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Posted October 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 (edited) It was a Belgium technician and F-16. Also two people were injured. Extent of injuries unknown. Scroll through the article - the pics were quite descriptive. Big fireball. At least it wasn’t as bad as the USS Forestall - when a carrier had a Rocket go off and start a massive fire on the flight deck. But that was 50 years ago! -Seth Edited October 14, 2018 by Seth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamont337 Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 (edited) I worked on 15s instead of 16s but it’s the same gun. Very long list of things would have to be done wrong or ignored for this to happen. We would even point the aircraft in a safe direction when loaded with live rounds, which sometimes required them to be moved to the opposite side of the airfield. WOW switch, safety pins pulled, hydro power, electrical power, cockpit switches positioned incorrectly... Edited October 14, 2018 by lamont337 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Something similar happened to an ordinary guy named... John McCain... McCain was on the receiving end...iircc The names USS Forestall and McCain May be hard to remember after 50 years...? But... two things... 1) If something can go wrong... It will go wrong... 2) always point the rifle down range... (loaded or not). Never in the direction of another person. How young were you when you learned these important lessons? Boy Scouts or Cub Scouts...? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire Don't let distractions get the best of you... Having a bad day can get really expensive, really quickly. All this applies to much more simple systems as well. Using safety devices, correctly, has become a part of the normal operation... There is an empty feeling associated with seeing accidents at work... better to avoid them. PP thoughts only, not an OSHA guy. Best regards, -a- 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 My fave was the mechanic that plugged the outflow valves in a KC-135 and then did a pressurization test on the cabin with a homemade pressure gauge. Exploded the fuselage and destroyed the airplane. The pics are rather surprising.https://theaviationgeekclub.com/time-kc-135-stratotanker-aircraft-exploded-failed-pressure-test/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboy0681 Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 1 hour ago, EricJ said: My fave was the mechanic that plugged the outflow valves in a KC-135 and then did a pressurization test on the cabin with a homemade pressure gauge. Exploded the fuselage and destroyed the airplane. The pics are rather surprising.https://theaviationgeekclub.com/time-kc-135-stratotanker-aircraft-exploded-failed-pressure-test/ What is truly amazing is that the aircraft was delivered in June, 1958 and survived all those years flying missions the world over while taking all kinds of punishment. The only thing it couldn't survive was pure stupidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) On 10/14/2018 at 12:40 PM, steingar said: Usually when these things happen I say thankfully no one was hurt, and they’ll make more airplanes. But I don’t think we can make more F-16s even if we want to, and it’s replacement is out of production and in short supply as well. They still make F-16s. Edited October 16, 2018 by tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB65E Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 What scares me are the seats! That’s more of an every day every flight item. The crews are very good about safety pins, but it seems every few years some tech plasters themselves to the ceiling. -Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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