Tu-22 down in Murmansk, 2 fatalities

[Keith Quixley]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source= ... 0132986948

Just seen this. Apparently suffered a hard landing while landing in a blizzard. RIP...

[MadMacs]

Video of crash:

https://www.rt.com/rtmobile/news/latest/449852/html/

[Mfezi]

Photo of the cabin and what looks like a fax of the report summary:
https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3506678.ht ... 06678.html

[Hop Harrigan]

My guess is that with all that whiteness the pilot didn’t even see the ground in order to flare. Still, the ROD doesn’t look that high that the front section should just break off
Hop

[Burner]

Incredible that anyone survived that! Apparently just the commander survived with serious injuries. Very sad. 3rd TU22 accident in as many years.

[Jack Welles]

My guess is that with all that whiteness the pilot didn’t even see the ground in order to flare. Still, the ROD doesn’t look that high that the front section should just break off Hop

In that video it looks as simple as that, when the main wheels touched down the front half of the aerie simply fell off!

[MadMacs]

Just before impact the engines spool up, I wonder if he decided to do a go-around?

[jimdavis]

Very strange, the impact didn't look that hard.

jim

[StressMerchant]

I thought it looked hard, but difficult to put descent rate into context.

This video shows one of the prototype DC-9 aircraft that got things wrong during a certification flight test:

[Plettflyer]

That was a huge rate of descent which even the thrust increase did not seem to arrest. Wonder if he also got a little slow? Not easy to pop out of cloud in blizzard conditions like that and accurately assess sink rates.

[Roo1valk]

My guess is that with all that whiteness the pilot didn’t even see the ground in order to flare. Still, the ROD doesn’t look that high that the front section should just break off Hop

In that video it looks as simple as that, when the main wheels touched down the front half of the aerie simply fell off!

Not sure if it's mentioned in the report, but on another forum they say the airframe is limited to 4G and the impact was at 7.4Gs

[MadMacs]

My guess is that with all that whiteness the pilot didn’t even see the ground in order to flare. Still, the ROD doesn’t look that high that the front section should just break off Hop

In that video it looks as simple as that, when the main wheels touched down the front half of the aerie simply fell off!

Not sure if it's mentioned in the report, but on another forum they say the airframe is limited to 4G and the impact was at 7.4Gs

As far as I know most military aircraft are stressed for at least 9g.

[StressMerchant]

The published load limit is for manoeuvre loads. The actual G-loading during gusts or (certification case) heavy landing may be higher, but will be included in the design.

I also wonder where the CG was during the landing.

[heisan]

As far as I know most military aircraft are stressed for at least 9g.

That may be true for fighters. Bombers typically have much lower G ratings - especially when loaded. For example, the closest US equivalent would probably be the B-1B, which has a G limit of 2.8G with full load.

[Burner]

Not sure how credible this site is, but it lists the G-limit of the Tu-22M at +3.5g
http://black-shark.wikidot.com/tu-22