F-16 from USAF Viper Emergency Landing at RIAT 2019

#F16Viper #Viper #RIAT19 #RIAT
F-16 from USAF Viper Demonstration Team does Emergency Landing at RIAT 2019 after Experiencing Issue with right Horizontal Stabilizer.
Following the damage, Maj. Garret “Toro” Schmitz spoke to the tower and stated that he thought his arrestor hook had ‘inadvertently’ lowered but, as the video in this post shows, the hook is still stowed.
The first display aircraft of the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) on Sunday Jul. 21, 2019 program was the USAF F-16 Viper Demonstration Team display which was short lived as only a few minutes into the display an emergency was called, the display ceased and Maj. Garret “Toro” Schmitz climbed higher to circle while assessing the issue.
Following the damage, Schmitz spoke to the tower and stated that he thought his arrestor hook had ‘inadvertently’ lowered but, as you can see from the footage, it is definitely still there and stowed (maybe the damage triggered a sensor to indicate that the hook is lowered).
The pilot then did an emergency landing with flight control issues.
The mishap could have been caused by delamination of the right horizontal stabilizer caused by pulling too many G’s.

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

I dont care which country has the best and all that other BS, but I just love Jet fighters, all of them, just awesome machines.

[@silverfox1546]

Shane Jackson agreed but the US is still the best!

[@jandendani5732]

American has the best fighter jets..

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

@e james Why should I care? And I am only talking about planes in general Shove your American crap. .

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

@@jandendani5732 Who cares. I am talking about planes in general. Shove your Americanism.

[@TheReuMusic]

America does not have the best fighter jets

[@Frankestein01nl]

Good job by the pilot feeling his ride was failing on him. Be safe out there! Nice capture, as always, Elwyn!

[@BeCoShooter]

Flappin' in the breeze. Could have been a disaster. Nice work by the pilot.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Regards Elle Edwards

[@ppipowerclass]

Like other people have said, glad that the pilot was able to land safely and no one was hurt. Truly a credit to the skilled pilot to react quickly and make a safe evaluation of flight controls and land that bird to live on to fight another day!

[@alanmacification]

Damn! He flew the tail feathers right off that thing.

[@andyform1ma]

Brilliant as always, and wow that’s some damage

[@Kresnov]

Couldn't make it this year, which was ok because you were there giving your usual superb coverage, Thanks.

[@Kaptin77]

You know you are pulling alot of g's when you cause structural damage, great video!

[@joesmith389]

That’s the oddest damage I’ve ever seen without hitting anything

[@vancouver4sure]

Pilots so professional getting down to business. Well done!

[@lebeardotnet4372]

Love your videos, thank you!

[@1247.cccccc]

Great work with your camera. Thank you!

[@EliteHobbies]

Another fantastic video, thank you again.

[@michaelhall7515]

Excellent work from the viper pilot. Great video Elwyn

[@douglas_brighty_tan127]

Ooo that was a close call and glad that the F-16C and the pilot is safe and great footage 😱

[@ruinzit9356]

Damn...he literally flew the wings off that jet.lol. Amazing skills.

[@musoseven8218]

As always cracking footage. I remember a time, before greenfield building/development when I could watch Fairford, with binos, from my back fence. The damage, might I venture, that it was due to bird strike? Noted what looked like gulls on or near to RW?

[@martinw245]

Not sure how the F16 could pull too many Gs. The software flight envelope protection prevents against such a thing. More like structural fatigue over many flight hours and the airshow manouver was the final stressor. FLCS in F16 never allows an over G.

[@griffinp790]

That’s not true

[@martinw245]

@@griffinp790 Yes it is true. In a clean configuration the software limits the F16 to 9G. When heavily loaded with ordnance the software imposed limit reduces accordingly.

[@griffinp790]

Martin W it depends on a lot of things, it’s not a perfect system. We over g our jets everyone once in awhile so it’s not like it never happens.

[@martinw245]

@@griffinp790 The software may not be perfect and may creep over G from time to time but not to a significant degree because engineers build in a margin of error. Structural fatigue due to G accumulates over many hours of G loading. That's G loading up to the software limit. The F16 DOES NOT significantly exceed that limit. I suggest you do some research. This isnt debatable, its information that's been in the public domain for decades.

[@griffinp790]

Martin W you’re right, it does happen every once in awhile, weather or not it pull .1 or .6 over its g limit it’s still an over g.

[@Ian-hv1dc]

Brilliant video brilliant flying he did well to land that.

[@johnwriterpoet1783]

It was a great performance! Very versatile!

[@CBGSpotter]

Glad it was a safe one. Nicely done, was an amazing day

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Thanks Cody

[@SimplySpace]

Some flex tape will set it right

[@LEJapproach]

A terrible shame it happened, but nevertheless it's great to see it all in such detail! 👍👍👍

[@Mako2-1]

Gotta b an absolute savage for him to break the plane and not the other way around

[@UKAviationMovies]

Top capture!

[@JH-tk8gk]

He was putting on one hell of a show up to that point

[@wendyraymond1751]

Amazing x thanku x love an god bless x

[@dbmdc500]

Nice Capture✈

[@artvandelay6100]

Elwyn R What camera do you use for capturing the footage?

[@soupfork2105]

Never seen that before, keep us posted if you find out what happened.

[@barnabyg6808]

SoupFork elevator trailing edge delamination according to somebody on here

[@MrBirgerB]

@@barnabyg6808 duh

[@RhodesianBushmaster]

@Jake Johnson 30 second google search.

[@koitorob]

Go to www.fighterpilotpodcast.com/episodes/062-f-16-viper-demo-team/ and hear it from the pilot's mouth.

[@desmondmiles5368]

The demo the day before probably took its toll, I thought he was gonna crash on the initial right turn, and the turn after the high speed pass (never seen wings flex that much on a f16). Nice to hear the comms thanks.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

This the hand that crushed kratos?

[@H.Sturdy]

brilliant as always Elwyn, can i turn your attention to the UFO you caught at 3:10 nice catch mate.......

[@edwardhasiak7961]

Looked like a Gull.

[@gordo1163]

Its literally just a bird dude

[@julieegan1337]

Wow that was great 😃❤

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Wait a minute, my eyes playing games with me? 🤣

[@SDsc0rch]

what caused the damage??

[@pdarley58]

I was in Furzy Farm (first time haven’t gone in snd paid a fortune) and that thing flew right over our heads, so low you could almost touch it!!! Glad it didn’t delaminate then 🤔 Felt all day, great viewing but not the place to be if one has an issue????

[@sanccex313]

3:49 WTF? Why don't

[@AZAce1064]

Well done

[@laszlokramer5052]

I have seen a couple of Viper demos. It's all about flying on the edge. Some turns here looked 9G+ That trailing edge just couldn't take more.

[@martinw245]

Doubt it. The software limits an F16 to 9g. I believe they can shoot a tad over, but not by much

[@laszlokramer5052]

@@martinw245 I just talked to a Hungarian Mig-29 display pilot. This guy did 10 G. It's not that, the weakest unit falls apart first. Still safe to land. Remember the Israeli dude landing a F-15 with one wing? :D

[@martinw245]

@@laszlokramer5052 10g isnt possible in an F16 though. Theres a G limiters. I still think structural fatigue over many flight hours to be honest. The FLCS prevents excessive G in the F16.

[@laszlokramer5052]

@@martinw245 Yes, but this is not an F 16, this is the Viper Demo. The pilot wanted to have fun, but the airframe said no.

[@martinw245]

@@laszlokramer5052 Huh... a Viper is an F16. Again, the flight control software PREVENTS excessive G. Viper is a nickname, like Eagle for F15 or Raptor for F22.

[@AZAce1064]

That was probably making the flight computer upset, you don’t see that everyday.

[@ElonMusk87216]

Unbelievable machine 👌

[@tommullaney8714]

Arrestor hook?

[@kogibankole]

battle damage check, but there was no battle iknda reminds me of the aileron that fluttered off the f117 night hawk

[@sgtdave9617]

I would guess elevator defect before "g" force damage. JMO. Some Mach One tape fix it right up.,.

[@PaulScott_]

I used to be a maintainer and we would tell the pilots not to worry because would be using the expensive tape and the not the cheap tape! LOL

[@benduncan3930]

Agree on both, these birds are over engineered. Probably a knucklehead didn’t repair/ build it to spec. What these maintenance techs don’t understand is if this were a real engagement this pilot wouldn’t be able to put it on pause and get it fixed before resuming.

[@CAPEjkg]

That's what I call getting the good outta the jet.

[@mikelliteras397]

That dude was taking some wicked G turns and back to back. Probably got tired of hearing all the crap about the Russian jets abilities

[@Airguardian]

Scary!

[@moisespedro8271]

EXCELENTE

[@rickywalker6993]

Looks like a strucural fatigue failure. F-16s routinely fly under extreme aerodynamic stresses as this one was doing. The fleet is aging and structural failures will occur.

[@maiseydoodle]

F-16 my all time favorite fighter jet!

[@diantownsend3350]

I heard about the wing getting damaged!

[@geraintjones6401]

Great footage. Do they know what caused the damage?

[@Edgar1991123]

G-Forces probably

[@thesaint5991]

@@Edgar1991123 it doesnt look like g-load damage maybe tail strike or delamination of some sort the g-loads might have helped the damage increase .

[@alanmacification]

I wonder if it's from contact with that energized air coming off the strakes. It seems to flow just over the stabilators.

[@datkinson1980]

Replying to the video description. A F-16 does not have an arrestor hook.

[@sstroh08]

They actually do believe it or not, but it isn't for landing on carriers or anything.

[@datkinson1980]

@@sstroh08 Upon further research you are correct. It's used for tie down of the aircraft and in emergency situations can be used to slow the plane down. But it's not continually used as with Navy aircraft. Interesting!

[@APLKitkit]

I'm not sure but you can see something was flown on 2:13 or 2:16.

[@sanccex313]

My father was there.

[@munirazman7481]

Aggressive aerobatic cause the F-16 tail crack , by the way the Aerobatic look really Stunning !

[@tpochep]

Huh, poor viper/falcon ... Great display anyway. And a great jet/pilot.

[@CryingSatir]

Good!!)

[@donkoh5738]

Time for USAF to seriously consider buying the F-16V block 70 already!! These old geriatric 25 yr old models flying here will naturally overstress much more easily than a pilot would want! Respects .

[@donkoh5738]

@@nighthawk9915 I understand such an argument being made today, as have understood the similar argument for the past 8-9 yrs, but have and still do disagree. At least a hundred mature (FOC) Block IV F-35A were to have been operating by 2020 as part of the original recap and modernization plan. This bold estimate and confident expectation absolutely influenced the decision to stay the course and disregard any notion or political pressure to buy new buy F-16s as part of an 'unnecessary' stopgap measure. Yet, USAF today still has only IOC Block 3 F35A in operation and far fewer numbers at that than were originally estimated to be combat coded by now. The severe miscalculation has created a significantly threatening Tacair shortfall projected to only continue, indefinitely, staying the course. Sufficient capability and deterrence is questionable and will likely only grow more sketchy over the next 5-10 yrs, staying the course. Thankfully, USAF had the strategic wherewithal to finally concede and make the hard, but prudent decision to procure 80 or so F-15 EX units as part of an urgent emergency stopgap acquisition process. So that said, what I'm simply stating and supporting, is that while it's definitely very late in the Plan B option implementation game to be changing around the goal posts and decision making, USAF could very arguably augment stopgap F-15EX acquisition with yes, cost-effective, next-gen, new-build F-16V as part of an interim national defense recapitalization-emergency-mitigation solution for the AF. God speed .

[@randalmorris1772]

When I was in USAF, F-16s were called Falcons. When/why did they change the name?

[@danielh1708]

You must have been living under a rock for a while...They didn't change the name. Viper is a nickname adopted by the pilots and ground personnel and it stuck.

[@randalmorris1772]

@@danielh1708 It's called, getting on with my life, Danny boy! I helped keep these planes flying when I was in AF. That was 40 yrs ago. I don't keep up with the names of their dogs either. Don't try to insult me.

[@danielh1708]

@@randalmorris1772 You thought that was an insult?? More like just surprised you've never heard of it considering it was suggested as the name, and was referred to that starting pretty much at its beginnings in service. Maybe you shouldn't just assume anything? Or grow a thicker skin if you're going to be posting publicly? Either way, the problem is yours. If I had been trying to insult you, I would have...its not that hard either apparently. LoL "Randy BOY"

[@christianlebordelais]

Bouge bien ce jet....

[@koitorob]

Visit the Fighter Pilot Podcast channel. www.fighterpilotpodcast.com/ Vincent Aiello call sign Jell-O, an ex Top Gun instructor chats to various people involved in military aircraft both in the cockpit and ground support from WW2 to the present day. There's a slight leaning towards Naval aircraft because Jell-O is ex US Navy. If you go to episode 62 'The F-16 Viper Demo Team', he interviews the actual pilot you see in this video. If you are here viewing Elwyn R's excellent channel, i expect the FPP will also be right up your street!

[@margolupen5244]

💪🏻👏🏻👏🏻♥️♥️

[@astircalix4126]

This happens when the pilot "instantly" surpasses the limits of the flight envelope ( which, at this point , was a combination of rapid change of differential elevator´s AOA & high G loads . The "fail safe " design worked 100% ok because, although the trailing edge of the right elevator failed it wasn't a catastrophic failure. I Love your work!!! Well done !!!

[@jonneduke65]

Lucky boy😥

[@gideonokun5538]

Believe I see something falling off the aircraft at 2:13.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Viper landing aka airplane landing Regards GOW2

[@nicholasspinicelli2911]

Yeah I thought I saw something fly off at 1:06

[@ybrik5937]

Would this entail replacing the whole right side stabilizer or just repairing it?

[@allanrichardson5898]

It got replaced on monday,I was at park and veiw east and it was in the hanger getting fixed.

[@SM_Fato]

How much time did the repairing process took?

[@allanrichardson5898]

@@SM_Fato I dont know depends how long it took to get the new part to Fairford but was getting fixed Monday afternoon.

[@Jpriest13]

Everybody dodged a bullet on that one. Good news.

[@MegaConmaster]

Did he fly again after that? Was the damage repaired?

[@TM-bn8pv]

Nah, it would be grounded for awhile until everything is replaced or repaired.

[@TM-bn8pv]

And even though that might not look like a lot of damage, trust me, it is. You lose A LOT of control from damage like that. Pilot did an excellent job of controlling it and landing that then floppy bird back onto the ground.

[@MegaConmaster]

@@TM-bn8pv Yea. That's true. Pilots need to be careful on those Gs. Don't need to do too much of it; even though it looks so damn fun. Heheh

[@MegaConmaster]

@@TM-bn8pv But like ya said, he did a great job landing it safely; so that it can be flown again in the future.

[@MegaConmaster]

@@TM-bn8pv Yea. That's true. Pilots need to be careful on those Gs. Don't need to do too much of it; even though it looks so damn fun. Heheh

[@victormanuelpolanco922]

Excellent display up until the mishap. Anyone knows what caused the damage?.

[@Edgar1991123]

G-Forces

[@victormanuelpolanco922]

@Aditya Manjunath what is that actually,???.

[@JackMyersPhotography]

When did the Fighting Falcon become a Viper?

[@JonnyGR4]

Jack Myers It’s been named the Viper since the ‘70’s. It’s official name is the Fighting Falcon but known as the Viper by its pilots. A bit like the F-111, known unofficially as the Aardvark.

[@PotholesInMyLawn]

The one thing flight sim games fail to simulate with this and many air frames is that you can break the jet.. but assaulting the limiters.. or mixing rudder inputs... I'm sure if this was pilot error...the pilot had a good chat with the CO about the mishap.. From the over rotation on the up in out the flight before (if this is the same tail number) to this... this may be indication something was wrong with that control surface..And this jet was having issues.. which may have caused that the over bank...in the first video and finally gave way on this flight... See this take off in this video... Im guessing the day before.kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4iTlp2tfrVgn8k You can see the over bank condition... so that stress was brutal...

[@danielh1708]

Nonsense.

[@sidv4615]

same tail i guess

[@danieldunlap4077]

Remove/ replace right horizontal stabililator. Send it back out

[@sethvicious]

Daniel that is a brilliant idea, you should contact the Air Force and let them know!

[@danieldunlap4077]

@@sethvicious pretty sure they already know what to do

[@hayesj6698]

R and R

[@a-hvlogs2046]

His arresting hook never came down the entire flight, i wonder what happened?

[@johnward6270]

They don't have arresting hooks because they are land based

[@a-hvlogs2046]

@@johnward6270 Air Force jets do have hooks even though they are land based. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailhook Plus read the description of the video... Yes they do

[@MySuperslayer]

Sent her home today

[@benconway9010]

BUT... How did it happen? You don't explain

[@Nick-vy2ms]

Ben Conway most likely do to high gravitational forces sustained on the airframe.This pilot was one of the most aggressive I’ve seen. I definitely wouldn’t want to be on his bad side.

[@David-dl6zg]

I didn't know the f16 had an arrestor hook, it's not a naval aircraft.

[@cameronwebster6866]

David a lot of the smaller airforce planes have a hook because they might have problems with the brakes/landing gear after taking combat damage.

[@danielh1708]

All Air Force fighters have them for emergencies, but the system and components are not strengthened to land on carriers.

[@koitorob]

In actual fact that's what the pilot thought the cause of the damage was, the hook coming loose and flailing around. Listen to the Fight Pilot Podcast episode 62. www.fighterpilotpodcast.com/episodes/062-f-16-viper-demo-team/

[@nicepush2574]

It's like sharting your rear end after a taco bell visit..................

[@davidryder3374]

After that many continuous G's, I'd think the malfunction would've been with the pilot and all his blood being in his boots.

[@markrayton6385]

That’s a bit bad for a multi million pound aircraft. Sure it wasn’t a bird strike ?

[@f0rumrr]

The pilot out g ed the airplane. Dude was going hard.

[@wbspensfan28]

Still haven’t seen anything that could out turn an f-16

[@GWLAD]

Except a Typhoon Rafale or an F22

[@wbspensfan28]

Don’t think so . Not the shirt crisp turns at high speeds like that. I’ve seen them both and even an F-22 in person

[@jeremylister89]

Spitfire

[@ykdickybill]

Turned it so hard he broke it !

[@liljjbo17]

Ive seen a lot of flight demo's but dood was boogying. It was more then just business as usual that was putting her through the ringer.

[@philipfisher1336]

Tail flash Spangdahlem AB Germany 480 Fighter Squadron

[@johnwilliamson5191]

Correction that is Falcon not a viper.

[@Theggman83]

I think Viper is the pilots call sign.. but you're right.

[@pilotben97]

The F-16 Fighting Falcon is the official name of the aircraft, but "Viper" is a widely known and used nickname given by pilots and maintainers. The demo team is even called the Viper Demo Team. The pilot's callsign is "Toro".

[@johnwilliamson5191]

@@pilotben97 Yes sir I understand I know some folks are confused with the advanced upgrade version . by the way nice footage.

[@danielh1708]

@@johnwilliamson5191 Advanced upgrade version???

[@eyez_wallow_come8759]

Glad he got down ok sucks for the show but hard to do them if you crash

[@dulaneyp]

Tail strike on rotation.

[@sstroh08]

Certainly not in this flight.

[@matthewmiller8105]

Arrester hook? F-16s don’t have an arrester hook.

[@Mors_Inimicis]

Matthew Miller Oh yes they do, and F15’s . Most if not all fighter airfields will have runway arrestor gear. There are videos around KZbin of F15’s having to use them at Lakenheath.

[@danielh1708]

F-16, F-15, F-22, F-35...even the F-117 had an arresting hook.

[@koitorob]

Listen to the pilot here: www.fighterpilotpodcast.com/episodes/062-f-16-viper-demo-team/ A flapping hook is what HE thought caused the damage!

[@bjPops]

The flight control system took care of it. Have seen far worse damage : F-16 landing safely after lightning strike where the RH stab ISA was welded stuck. Flight controls compensated so the pilot landed safely.

[@f-16c20]

fix FLEX TAPE!

[@thegodofhellfire]

Getting old...

[@phouvanvihaphat6096]

Soy phouvan vihaphat general mayor 100estrellas de la ONU

[@Nils_Hammarsten]

Fixas med silvertejp

[@alinawaz1730]

F-16 is a safe and tough aircraft. A Pakistani pilot while on a bombing run near Afghanistan suffered a malfunction as a bomb got stuck after release. His aircraft was in tatters as alot of systems failed and he couldn't land. His bravery and intelligence on that night saves him and his aircraft. U can search it on KZbin.

[@82raptor]

That is what happens when you start building them in India!

[@Exentity]

I can tell he stole this vid. Take a look at the overwritten copyright

[@smh1245]

Overpriced, unreliable and shit*y build quality, truly american made.

[@1raj_YT]

After shot down f 16. by mig 21 bison, the reputation of this jet is like zero....