F-14A Catastrophic Engine Failure at Mach 1

[Fly Navy]

This is what happens when you have a catastrophic engine failure at Mach 1+.

http://www.angelfire.com/hi/luckypuppy2840/MADDOGJET/videos/F14flyby.mpg

 

[El Cid]

I've seen that before, was caused it?

 

[PropStop]

Did the pilot make it?

 

[Mcaf]

Both air crew from a U.S. Navy F-14A have been safely recovered following a crash in the Pacific Ocean 800 miles west of Guam on 20 September 1995. The two aviators were safely recovered by a USS John Paul Jones' (DDG 53) small boat shortly after their aircraft crashed in the water approximately 56 miles from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). USS John Paul Jones was a part of the Abraham Lincoln Battle Group. The aircraft was from Fighter Squadron 213 (VF-213), based at Naval Air Station Miramar, Calif. The squadron is part of Carrier Airwing 11. The Abraham Lincoln Battle Group was returning home after a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf.

 

[VetteMuscle427]

That is crazy. I saw something similar, but it was an F-14 passing close to a carrier.

 

[Schnugg]

Yes both made it. Sometimes you only have a second to make a decision. The pilot went on to transition from the F-14A and just had command of a CVW-14 F/A-18C Squadron. He was on cruise on the John C Stennis with me. Call sign "Waylon"...you can figure out the last name from that callsign pretty easily...
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G

 

[rare21]

oh i hope its Jennings!

 

[zuggerat]

that was sick... not first time an A has gone down because of engine troubles... gotta love those early P&W's

 

[nfo2b]

It's awesome that the crew made it. I guess this is one of those lucky times where it looked worse than it actually was, huh? I'm still curious as to what caused the catastrophic failure. Any of you current or former stick-jockeys got the gouge on this one? And how many times other than this one has a "catastrophic engine failure" led to a loss of the entire aircraft?

 

[Squid]

gouge info should probably not be up here. official stuff only for public eyes, ya dig? *cough*

 

[nfo2b]

gouge info should probably not be up here. official stuff only for public eyes, ya dig? *cough*

Yeah, I dig, but is the actual cause of that particular engine failure (or any of the infamous P&W failures, for that matter) classified?
And by "gouge," I just meant, "why'd that engine go boom?", not "what are the technical engineering specifications of that engine, which specification was violated leading to the failure of said engine, and by how much was the aforementioned limit exceeded?" Ya dig?

 

[Squid]

it's not classified, at least I don't think(?!?!)

I thought maybe you were looking for someone in 'the know' to post the investigation results up here. no biggie. i'm curious about this incident as well, just didn't wanna publish 'in house' things to the world.

 

[SteveG75]

Yes both made it. Sometimes you only have a second to make a decision. The pilot went on to transition from the F-14A and just had command of a CVW-14 F/A-18C Squadron. He was on cruise on the John C Stennis with me. Call sign "Waylon"...you can figure out the last name from that callsign pretty easily...
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Waylon got command of VFA-147 , CVW-9, USS Carl Vinson. I was in the same air wing last cruise while he was the skipper.

I was also in CVW-11 (VA-95) when this incident happened. Waylon had burn on the back of his neck and the RIO had burns around both arms (he had his gloves on but his sleeves rolled up).

VF-213 had a bad run during that time period. They lost more Tomcats than the rest of the west coast combined.

 

[Schnugg]

Rio

Didn't he have Fridge in his back seat? I remember he goit burned a bit too, but may be an earlier mishap as the memories muddel about...what did you d on the Stennis...VAQ? I was Air Ops.

To ENS Squid...every mishap has two investigations, a JAG which becomes public knowledge and and MIR (mishap investigation report) done by the safety center which is priveleged and not for public consumption. You'll see the MIRs on your messgae board and be trusted with that info. But usually if it is your community that had the mishap, general knowledge about why it happened usually abounds. Unless it is a really odd mishap like when CDR Kleefish had a CFIT with RADM Prout in his back seat in an F/A-18C. Do a google on those names, you'll see what I mean.

Cheers,
G

 

[Slammer2]

That was insane....hard to believe they lived through that