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Post by TC on Aug 1, 2005 18:23:55 GMT 2
Today the nosewheel of the FA-87 collapsed on the taxiway, in the final turn to the runway. Pilot was Major Geert Dedecker, commanding officer of 31 tiger sqn. the F-16AM is still on the taxiway for inspection. F-16AM FA-87 was the only M upgraded F-16 @ KB. All F-16s from KB are grounded for inspection. Picture : (bad quality  )  |
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Post by Vonsmalhausen on Aug 1, 2005 20:09:04 GMT 2
oops, bad upgrade ;D
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Post by Faan on Aug 2, 2005 15:18:29 GMT 2
Source repsons: All sorties that day were cancelled and all F-16s from KB were grounded. This morning Brussels decided the F-16s could fly again.
Probable cause of the collapse was metal fatigue, alle KB F-16s will be scanned for this problem.
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Post by Fabke on Aug 3, 2005 15:50:23 GMT 2
Thanks for the photo TC and thanks to Faan for the info  Indeed very poor to see this upgraded F16 sitting on the runway with a collapsed nosewheel , hope they will find out what happened  |
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Post by Faan on Aug 5, 2005 13:34:56 GMT 2
Another update from a source, it wasn't the FA-87, but FA-83, and KB has 2 (well now only 1  M3 upgrades... |
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M3 upgrades...