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Date: | Monday 2 August 1982 |
Time: | |
Type: | General Dynamics F-111A |
Owner/operator: | 430th TFS, 366th TFW, USAF |
Registration: | 67-0101 |
MSN: | A1-146 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Idaho Falls Airport, Bonneville County, Idaho (IDA/ KIDA) -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Offut AFB, Omaha, Nebraska |
Destination airport: | Mountain Home AFB, Idaho |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Substantially damaged on August 2 1982: Returning from Offut AFB, Omaha, Nebraska. Forced emergency landing at Idaho Falls Regional Airport (KID/KIDA) in Bonneville County, Idaho, following bird strike during low level flight which caused fire in right engine
Landed safely; both crew - Captain Bill Patton and 1st Lt. Chris Singleswitch - were returned to Mountain Home AFB by a helicopter that collected them about 15:00 hours.
Eyewitness report from Chris Singleswitch: "On 2 August 1982, while Maj [now Col] William Patton and I [a 1st Lt at the time] were returning to Mountain Home after a cross-country, we struck a bird while flying low level. The aircraft's right engine shed blades in all directions, and in the cockpit we had indications of a R ENG BLEED DUCT FAIL and a right engine fire light. Climbed up, shut down the right engine, safely recovered at Idaho Falls Airport in eastern Idaho. When I climbed out of the aircraft, I saw blistered paint all along the right side of the jet, and a 2x4 foot hole on the top of the fuselage in line with the right engine. Maj Patton and I received the Dec 82 Tactical Air Command Aircrew of Distinction. We were very lucky! The blades had also severed enough hydraulic lines that we only had one hydraulic pump operating [instead of the normal four, two per engine]. Maj Patton's quick actions enabled us to fly, rather than walk, to civilization"
67-0101 was "frankenvarked" (a term used for rebuilding F-111s from substantial pieces of crashed/damaged aircraft) at General Dynamics at Phoenix. Arizona, and returned to Mountain Home, but it took 7 to 8 years to return.
Back in service by early 1989, and continued to fly until it was sent to AMARC, on August 24 , 1990 but it had less flight time than any of the "in-service" A models. In effect, it was retired just two years after a seven-year rebuild. 67-0101 was sold for scrap on May 4 2001
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_Falls_Regional_Airport http://web.archive.org/web/20170921070650/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/F_111/F-111.htm [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1967.htm]l
http://htka.hu/static/cikkek/F-111/acftdata.pdf [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.amarcexperience.com/AMARCDB.asp?SessionId=292871615&Command=Next&Page=3&Code=F111&Include=3&SortOrder=1&Value=&Model=&Type=3&Action=2]
Hyre, S. and Benoit, L. 2012. "One-eleven down/F-111 crashes and combat losses". Schiffer Publ. Ltd., Atglen, PA. (page 72).
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Feb-2013 20:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
26-Jul-2014 17:48 |
wjr |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |