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  • i was born in 1996.......that time i was 9 months old...

    

  • I am very happy when I see the pilots eject! It's mean that they may be Okay!

  • rampstrike

  • hit the back of the boat.

  • Ordieman - with all due respect, this is a Hornet rampstrike on the USS Lincoln on Dec 4, 1996. Look at the date on the platt tape. The deck was 30 up/30 down and wind was up to 40+ if I recall correctly (vs 28 kts on an ideal night). I watched it from my cockpit still turning at the base of the Crow's Nest. The best thing that happened that night was our pilot survived the crash. As an LSO, we watched thousands of passes, but its amazing how fast one can go bad.....

  • The video is below average to say the least, to short. it could have been a Cessna 172 and you wouldnt know the difference from this video.

  • Bahahahaha. That's what it gets for replacing the F-14!

  • This is an F-14, not an F-18

  • Hey all still reviewing this and found more videos of this F-18 crash one a home vidoe and the other from approach cameras both labled under name f 18 ramp strike so please all you wanna be experts putting out your two cents do your homework first like I did and know what you are talking about. Once again thanks for hearing my own two cents

    AO1 "BIFF" Jansen

  • Alot of comments about what type it was. Those that said F-14 sorry you are wrong. I was there for that F-14 crash and found the video of that crash. you can view it on youtube search "f14crash" This video isnt the greatest and is cut short but does show 1 ejection and wreckage did go off the angledeck A/C 105 wreck stayed onboard ,,, haha well most of it the front cockpit slid off the angledeck as the pilot and rio ejected. just my 2 cents

    AO1 (AW) Jansen retired USN

  • See what happens when you text while carrier landing? Sheesh!

  • both pilot and rio survived and ejected but one of them landed in flame of aircraft but was rescued and ok

  • There is no RIO on that model of Hornet

  • Landing on a carrier would be hard enough during day light poor flyboy was on night duty and had to land.

    Probably not his fault, shame to see such a beautiful plane get trashed.

  • ...btw... "corpsman"

  • tough to do at night I 'magine.

  • "POWER POWER POWER"  ramp strike.

  • No he went down the landing area and ejected right before the angle. He was lined up ok. Just low.

  • 'Just low'.

    An itsy-bitsy tiny error, don't you think so?

    Luckily pilot survived.

  • I was in the catwalk near the crunch pole when this happened. I was watching night ops and was new to the flightdeck. The squadron is VMFA-314. They were doing night quals off the coast of Oregon/Washington. The video doesn't show it but before I lost sight of him behind the island he rolled CCW a little bit. All we salvaged was the seat, exhaust nozzle and a turkey feather. The rest was just little pieces.

  • Holy hell, son. I wasn't sure if the pilot made it at first because it looked like his seat was on fire...

  • He made it. I don't know if he was injured though. Was so long ago.

  • That's absolutely amazing.

    One more: the video makes it seem like he came in and smashed his landing gear into the edge of the deck. Is that what happened?

  • Yes Napalm. Put a good sized dent in the round down. I don't know if anything landed on the boat in the engine run area as I didn't know anyone there. But the debris was boxed up and placed in our hanger when the boat pulled into San Diego to let us off. We rummaged through the boxes but what I listed is all I remember seeing

  • That's insane.

  • I thought that was the Coral Sea (323)accident. 214 has had bad luck over the years. Lost 2 plane out in Desert Storm too. Not from enemy action.

  • No it is 314. I was in the catwalk near the crunch pole observing night ops as it was my first time on a carrier.

  • Wow, luckily he ejected safely.. If he was on his side, he might have ejected onto the deck..

  • Sucks to be that guy, but atleast I saw him punch out. Amazing the pilot was still able to reach the handles after an impact like that.

  • well kopihucky it isnt hard to reach the handles really there normally 2 handles theres one set between your legs and then theres handles above you near your head

  • I meant it was a hard hit, shocked he was even concious

  • there are NO ejection handles above your head on a hornets SJU-17 ejection seat. the handle is on right side of the seat and one between the legs. Youre thinking of the old martin baker gru-7a seats. The only thing above the NACES (SJU-17) seat are two metal triangles known as canopy breakers.

  • Potgs on youtube, sounds like a pissfest to me.

  • crew walked out?

  • neether this isn't one of those funny epic fail vids. Carrier landing at night isn't an easy thing.

  • Man, I HATE it when that happens. Hope the pilot got out and I hate seeing a good plane fubared like that.

  • check out :10 around 1 o'clock trajectory

  • that was the signal saying he was too low

  • Did he eject?

  • yeah he did, friend of mine was on the ship.

  • yah thats definatey a FAG. For the uneducated thats what tomcat guys call Hornets, you can tell its a hornet by the light on the vert stabs. Blinking too fast for a Tomcat

  • is there a reason they call them FAG? Is it cuz they dont fly tomcats? I know if i was a tomcat driver id call them fags for that reason.

  • FAG= Fighter Attack Guy, meaning that the pilot flying the horney didnt have the moxey to fly a tomcat. Tomcats are much harder to fly than hornets.

  • Feel free to start eating sh*t at any time. Now that most of the former Tomcat pilots have transitioned to Hornets and Super Hornets, what does that make them? Better yet, don't answer the question. Not being in the military, you've already proven your "commentary" to be worthless.

  • Spoken most likely by a hornet handler. You may want to check your sources before accusing someone of not being the military. However, it is possible you dont have enough time in the military either. All of us tomcat guys are eating sh*t, your right. Check your facts, Tomcat pilots could fly both hornets and tomcats. Hornet pilots could never fly the tomcat. Oh, and by the way ive got 10 yrs in, and in Navy Aviation at that. Nice try.

  • Yeah well you're one of the few a##holes still left in the Navy unfortunately. It's all Hornets now so why keep wheezing about how awesome Tomcat pilots were and still are? The Hornet is what we've got now. 30 years from now are you going to tell then current fighter pilots that they're nothing because they didn't get to fly the Tomcat, either? Grow up, the Navy doesn't need self-acclaimed "shit-hot" Tom Cruise types anymore.

  • Well there are quite alot more than just "a few" of us. However, your right, hornets are all that is left. They had their reasons and they werent all that bad. I have worked both of the planes. Hornets are more user friendly for sure. Nothin to war over, the cat times are gone all we have are memories. The hornet prolly wont have the fame that the cat had. It just doesnt have the fighter appeal like the tomcat. Truce, Hornets are what we have, but by mandate.

  • Sounds like a deal, see you around. Go Navy, Beat Army!

  • at 10 second that wouldve been too late

  • looks like he rounded out on the end of the deck.

  • A "ramp strike." He (or she) either came in below the glideslope on final or the stern of the carrier pitched up last minute, catching the Hornet close to touchdown (which happens during rough seas). Hard to tell at night.

  • wrong! its a f-14 crash. the pilot ejected out when it hit the carrier deck and he ended up on the side of the carier. where the safety net is.

  • what happened ?a round out?

  • if he is so wrong then why was there only one ejection ?as far as i can tell its a one seat airplane .you might want to take that into consideration when you look at the video.ill say one thing unless anyone of us where on that ship when it happened then i think its easy to sound like you know it all.i was not so im just guessing.

  • cn you see the eject seat at 0:10

  • I have actual photos I took of the remains of the f14 from the KittyHawk in 94..

  • last words:

    holy f**-

  • just say fuck no one cares

  • figo...

  • Shit flying like that, I hope the taxpayers get a refund

  • You should be shot

  • Anally invaded by a large ape then shot..

  • It looks like the back got his gear and he did a fuselage slide.

  • autsch.. hope he got airbag

  • Looks like the round down got em. Same thing happened in the I/O in 93 on the lincoln. We lost a 14, and a good pilot. Night ops suck.

  • schwag91, I think u might be talking about this crash. I was on the Lincoln from 94-97 Marine pilot hit round down. pilot ejected but landed on the deck next to me and a friend.

  • i was on the lincoln at the same time. v4.

  • NOT an F-14

    This was a Marine F/A-18C from VMFA-314 (Black Knights) The plane hit the deck too hard and collapsed the gear and destroyed the plane. the plane skidded from the flight deck into the sea. the marine Pilot ejected and survived, his chute coming back down on the flight deck.

    Dec 6, 1996

    USS Lincoln

  • they eject right at the end that is crazy

  • oh shit, i saw the canopy blow off so they ejected

  • IF the pilot only one on board aircraft it must have been F/A-18, F-14 was 2 seater aircraft.

  • Every crash on a flight deck makes crews shudder in fear of the memory of the Forrestal. While that was not the result of a crash, flight deck fires are scary.

  • Agreed.

  • when is someone going to get a hold of the 1981 uss nimitz crash with the Ea6b Prowler... I'd pay money to see it

  • I'd pay money for it to not happen. Standard "shit rolls downhill" military protocol, airwing command deflects blame to uninvolved deceased whose remains test pos for marijuana on last liberty. Real cause pilot error from flying with sinus headache, squadron personnel were dodging flight surgeon preflights. Resulting witch hunt, "operation zero tolerance" completely changed the Navy into chickenshit outfit where drunken snitches were made SOY while parting your hair in middle got cap'n mast. FTN

  • no one saw the pilot eject at 8 to 9 second's?

  • i seen it!

  • U can't hear it, but the Air boss was screaming over the 5MC (loud speaker) to grab the pilot. We tried jumping on him but the wind took him. He survived.

  • yeah i saw him

  • okay its a bit hard too see... but he tailstruck the start of the deck. completely destroyed the rear of the jet, and that being where the engines are, the damned thing went up into a fireball!

    just explaining for anyone who can't see it

  • Fucking HAWK! YeeeerrraaAAHH! That is how we do it on the HAWK! (CV-63)

  • bloody lucky...

  • Aah.. That job is so hard. I feel somehow sorry for them, doing the tast of landing on that thing. Its damn hard, and if u miss u can die. Its like shooting an apple on some distance, uve trained to do it. U can do it every time u try if u consentrate, but if u miss, it could be the end.

  • It happened on the Kitty Hawk in 94. The pilot was a nugget with very few night landings. The deck was pitching about 20 feet that night and the pilot developed too high a sink rate. The RIO initiated ejection after the plane broke in two. The RIO landed on the ship forward. The pilot came down right in the flaming back half of the aircraft which managed to trap. Both lived with the pilot suffering moderate burns and the RIO with a sprained ankle.

  • yeah it looks like the carrier bucked up and the jet got nailed at near the thrusters. you can see the crew bailing out near the end i think

  • This happened on the USS Constellation...i saw the aftermath...the aft part of the bird stayed onboard and the cockpit went over the side.. crew ejected ..pilot ok RIO landed in fire he was rescued... rough seastate and night landings...very hairy!!!

  • Excellent info Ordie ..

    I assume your the same Ordie from MP

  • Thank you sir for a first hand opinion, not the usual BS. Ramp strikes really are terrifying!

  • He was well below glide slope otherwise he would not have hit the REAR of the carrier.

  • "Call the ball" is when the pilot switches to visual. However, in the Navy, instead of looking at the runway when landing the pilot watchings the LSO's Christmas tree. You continue to make adjustments according to the xmas tree until you feel the impact of the wheels on the deck. Taking your eye off the ball (xmas tree) and looking at the runway will result in the pilot flaring and missing the wires. Navy pilots don't land, they control the crash.

  • What would be the procedures if a plane caught fire because there would be a very high risk that the ship and fuel supply could also catch fire

  • Upon final approach, the pilot is told to "call the ball." The pilot confirms he sees it by saying his aircraft number, type and fuel (in thousands of pounds); eg: "205 Tomcat ball 3.5" This allows proper settings for glideslope and arrestor gear - specific to each type.

    The BALL is a light on the port side of the carrier, representing the plane in relation to the deck. It helps the pilot keep proper glideslope while on approach.

  • did the poor beggar die?

  • ... something flew out of the front and catapaulted skywards

  • it seems pilot ejected at the end of the run on the carrier desk.

  • The F-14's Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-412 and 414 engines suffered from compressor stalls and fan blade losses.

    The F-14 also suffered from flame outs during air combat manoeuvres. At different angles of attack.

    These engines were resticted to use 74% of their full power because of these problems.

    Many F-14's have crashed because of these problems.

    One of 2 reasons to retire the F-14's.

  • They were not restricted on their power usage. I worked on these planes and have personally taken them up to military power (80%) However, they were VERY tempermental and very prone to compressor stall at high AOA maneuvers, especially at higher thrust selections.

  • The A model suffered more than the following models.

  • compressor stalls while calling the ball. Engine fodded out

  • What excatly does "call the ball" mean?

    R.I.P to the pilot.

  • I think "Call the ball" means the Landing Signals Officer on the ship is asking the pilot if he/she can see the "meatball" which is the nickname for the optical reference/landing aid that the Navy uses to assist pilots in landing aboard aircraft carriers.

  • Aw man, this happened on my 10th birthday...

  • I just wanna know how were the pilot's, LSO's ??

  • Since I was in the fire department "Flying Squad" We heard alot about it. This crash was really bad for crash and salvage and good for us as the shipboard fire fighters. Since crash and smash did a horrible job they gave all primary fire duties to us.

  • The Hawk was my first ship. I got onboard in 98 and some of the people that were in it were still onboard.

  • Canada has the best US aircraft, of course. And dope...ya gotta credit 'em that. I just can't feature Internet ads saying "Fight with the Canadian Forces" when Canadian Forces don't fight. Unless they have a different definition of "fight"...

  • lol, the Carolina Lawn Dart.

  • Hey don't bash my bird.

  • This was actually an F-14 crash. Both the pilots ejected and were safe. The F/A-18 you see is just an empty unmanned aircraft.

  • Thanks, it's hard to tell what it was. I'll get the video info updated.

  • no csczdust, it WAS an F/A-18C flown by VMFA-314 Black Knights. the pilot survived ejection.

  • kiss landing? uh!

  • russian military has much better planes than american imperialist dogs.

  • Don't troll and our aircraft are superious to the Russian's in many ways.

  • Sorry I meant superior.

  • dude you suck. as far as i can remember, russians are hairy smell drunk bastards. how the fuck can you fly a plane if you have more alchohol in you then a keg?

  • Well, they manage somehow. Doesn't mean they're the best, but they manage.

  • Can YOUR planes hit us from, what, a hundred miles away?

  • we can hit there planes from 200 miles away!

  • Zawaar: Oh, right, as if the Soviet Union DIDN'T have a long, dark history of oppression, mass killings, and REAL imperialism. Drop the anti-US buzzwords and read a history book.

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