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The United States Air Force has to dig into its repair pouch to
repair this F-22A Raptor, which made a wheels up landing at
NAS Fallon (NV), receiving a lot of damage as a result. Uncon-
firmed reports suggest the Raptor, which belongs to Elmen-
dorf AFB’s (AK) 3rd Wing, may have retracted its gear too
early during take-off, with the aircraft slamming back down
on the runway at relatively high speed and continued to skid
its way to a stop. Thankfully the pilot was able to get out of
the Lockheed Martin fighter without major injuries.
The Raptor was on TDY at NAS Fallon to support the Navy
Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor programme, better known
as Top Gun, posing as a threat aircraft for students in their
final graduation exercise. This is a widely known event in
which Top Gun students take part in a 1v1 fight against an
unknown ‘surprise’ enemy aircraft.
15apr18 N525P Ce525 525-0165 w/o
A CitationJet of Augusta Aviation was cruising by night and
in very bad weather conditions (a tornado warning bul-
letin was issued shortly before the accident), the pilot lost
control of the airplane which dove into the ground, hit a cell
tower and disintegrated in a wooded and mountainous area
located in Albemarle County, north-west of Crozet (VA). The
ensuing fire destroyed the aircraft and killed the sole occu-
pant onboard.
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15apr18 N4AT Ce550 550-0805 dam
A private Cessna Citation Bravo was intending to perform a
flight from Winnipeg International Airport (MB) to Bedford
(MA). After starting the engines on apron II, and while under
the guidance of a ground marshaller, the Bravo began to
taxi for departure. During the initial turn from the parking
area, aircraft control was lost and N4AT’s right wing collided
with the nose gear of C-FXWT, a Bombardier Challenger 605
aircraft, which was parked. The pilot of N4AT subsequently
shut down the aircraft and exited with the passenger without
injuries. The right wing of N4AT was substantially damaged,
causing a fuel leak on the apron. The left wing of C-FXWT was
also damaged in the collision by the nose of N4AT.
15apr18 JA02TG Kodiak 100 100-0156 dam
A Quest Kodiak 100 equipped with floats, operated by
Setouchi Seaplanes, was substantially damaged while ditch-
ing off shore of Onomichi city, Hiroshima prefecture, during
a training flight. It took off from the shore of Onomichi Float-
ing Port at 11:45 local time, and the accident happened five
minutes later. Hearing an abnormal noise, the crew decided
to divert to Konan Airport for evaluating the damage, and a
safe landing was carried out at 12:37 local time. Substantial
damage to the fuselage and the supports between the fuse-
lage and floats were found. There were no personal injuries.
15apr18 HK-4484 Bell 206L-4 52035 w/o
Colombian chopper operator Helifly lost one of its Bell Lon-
gRangers when it crashed under unknown circumstances at
Argelia, Cauca. One out of the three occupants was killed, two
others were injured.
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Fly Taxi Aéreo’s Cessna 310 attempted to take-off from an
empty field located in a farm in front of a swamp, in Piri-
gara, Barão de Melgaço, Mato Grosso. The Cessna did not
manage to climb and crashed into the swamp, making it a
complete write off. The pilot and two passengers received
minor injuries.
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