Flight Accidents in the 21st Century U. S. Air Force: The Facts of 40 Non-Combat Events

Abstract

Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- The Accidents -- 1 Pitch up -- 2 Number 3 engine idle -- 3 Landing strut -- 4 Caught a tailwind -- 5 Fly-by -- 6 Zero-G parabolas -- 7 Arctic Thunder -- 8 C-Bleed hot -- 9 Ground-rush in Germany -- 10 Flameout Volk -- 11 Mist-up AirVenture -- 12 Warthog seizure -- 13 Walan Rabat -- 14 Overshoot Shank -- 15 Paddy field -- 16 Communications mast -- 17 Titanium fire -- 18 Belly flop -- 19 Cut-up wake -- 20 Fuel-line shutoff -- 21 Flaps gone -- 22 Roll off the top -- 23 Spatial D -- 24 Dutch roll -- 25 Stockton impromptu -- 26 Okinawa corkscrew -- 27 Birdstrike Luke -- 28 Lights-out intercept -- 29 Racetrack gun pattern -- 30 Fuel-line leak -- 31 Cley goose strike -- 32 Domestic object -- 33 Down to Louisiana -- 34 Ghostrider -- 35 Fire by the microwave -- 36 Unseen traffic -- 37 Goggles case -- 38 Three-out takeoff -- 39 Inadvertent shutoff -- 40 Eject, dude -- Conclusions -- Sources -- Index.