THIS WASN'T WHAT THE PILOT HAD IN MIND • F-15 QUICK CLIMB GONE WRONG WITH JAMMED GEAR RAF LAKENHEATH

An F-15E Strike Eagle of the 492d Fighter Squadron 'BOLARS' is cleared for a 'Quick Climb' but it doesn't quite go to plan. Just before the vertical climb, you'll hear the engines get cut back and then the gear is jammed, which could not be retracted. I guess it is better to have gear down jammed than gear up jammed.
Pilot, WSO and Aircraft all return safely and I have included the aircraft landing back.
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[@bigstuff52]

They would probably have more money if they didn't give 100 billion to Ukraine...

[@gingafuzz1]

Of the two possible gear failure conditions…this one is the more favourable!

[@Danlovestrivium]

There is a third condition in which not all of the the gear are in the same position. That's even worse than all up or all down.

[@whiteskyflyer]

Anytime your wheels down it’s a good landing regardless of what happened during the flight….well done!

[@donnie830017]

A91-0303E was my jet from 04-08. If she had a slow to retract, it was possibly due to a lack of lube on the landing gear. A91-0303E was always a great bird.

[@markp.9707]

Lucky to fly such an awesome bird!!! Thank you for your service. USA 🇺🇸 🎆

[@Ender_Wiggin03]

I wonder if EOR missed the gear pin?

[@donnie830017]

@@Ender_Wiggin03 that was my first thought lol

[@ComdrStew]

Thanks for your service. Do you do play any simulations? Was asking because I play DCS and they just added the F-15E a couple months ago. A few retired pilots are flying on it.

[@donnie830017]

@@ComdrStew I wasn’t a pilot. I was a crew chief and A91-0303E was my jet. I do not play DCS.

[@daveysurt8803]

Brilliantly done, airmanship at it’s very finest and all safe.. respect

[@blurrywiz]

how get the f35 sticker

[@TedConingsby]

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[@TedConingsby]

Well said Davey 🤙🏼

[@Frankie5Angels150]

Just curious what other choice you thought he had?

[@daveysurt8803]

@@Frankie5Angels150 How were the crew to know if the Gear was locked in the down position? There was obviously a problem with it and no matter what emergency, it’s brilliant airmanship. Thank you for your comment 👍

[@beornthebear.8220]

I'm glad the pilot could land safely.

[@scottdunkirk8198]

I wonder if all the pins were out?

[@AvroAl]

Slow & steady rather than quick! Home & down safe though, that’s the main thing

[@TedConingsby]

Ooohhh yeah

[@NewRailBasher]

Nicely handled by the crew and safely home.

[@TedConingsby]

🤙🏼

[@margobaxter8344]

Ted captures all sorts of aircraft events. Not ideal for the aircrew this one tho' & an 'uh ho' moment, jammed gear. They came in safe though which is the main thing. Happened when I was on a 747, except the pilot wasn't sure if the gear had come down, so flying past the tower for them to confirm all was ok was required. However, we landed fine & relief, to say the least!

[@TedConingsby]

Oii oiii Margo 🤙🏼 This was an option but I believe from what I heard from comms, an F35 flew up to it to check it out and to confirm.

[@tomsmith5947]

Not understanding the big issue here, as a 20 year Air Force Firefighter gear issues were normal, at least he had all 3 down. In Saudi Arabia we had a F117 that nose gear failed to lower, the main gear was fine, they air to air refueled him for 6 hours until they figured a way to get it to lower

[@ScottHanselton]

Great content, thanks for the complete footage. Wish I were there! :)

[@TedConingsby]

Oiii Oii 🤙🏼

[@gazza2933]

I would have thought the crash crews to be out on the airfield. Anyway 'alls well that ends well' 👍

[@bpit44]

Thinking the same thing, or atleast a barrier engagement

[@TedConingsby]

Yes all safe and sound. Pilot dumped the necessary fuel and tried to rectify the problem to no avail but landed safely.

[@tommynikon2283]

The throttle back is done to not "over-speed" the landing gear; they have a V-limit (velocity) NOT to be exceeded. I'd like to know more about the post analysis; did the pilot cycle the breakers/fuses? Gear lights; three green indicated? Etc.

[@Sahadi420]

The gear-down max for the F-15 is about 250MPH. He 100% throttled back to avoid that.

[@Johnty270]

@@Sahadi420 he actually did overspeed it unfortunately. Not a fun a week for us

[@MrCyp200la]

Looked like it had a hard time climbing?

[@TedConingsby]

Overspeed, gear jammed aborted quick climb.

[@ShadesOClarity]

Ooof. Strike Eagle gear failure. Made it back.

[@alanwhiteside410]

I miss the sound of those nozzles on those Pratt and Whitney engines! 😎👍

[@brotherenoch6838]

FCF gone wrong… Glad it was only the landing gear (in the down position).

[@geirjrstad4134]

Forgot the safety-pins? 🙄

[@TedConingsby]

Most likely overspeed

[@thiagorodrigues5211]

It can fly without a wing, who gives a damn about engines? Haha

[@Tilly-f7l]

Glad he landed safely ..nicely done

[@TedConingsby]

Thanks Wenda

[@chrismanning1171]

I wonder if someone forgot to pull the nose pin? Seen it before and the pilot did the pre flight.

[@lhkraut]

Great video but this sometimes happens. All the more reason to get them off the ground to make sure everything works. I am jealous of the access Ted E. Bear has! Thanks for sharing this great stuff! I just subscribed! Prost!!

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you very much. Yes it does, and it may have been over speed but not 100%

[@surfman88]

Amazing we need still gear with all ufo tech around

[@jbthesfm]

I really hope no one left a gear pin in. They are hard to miss.

[@DanielWalker67]

He got out of that one cooly. No panic just ease out and land her. All good in the long run. F15 will live to fight another day..

[@TedConingsby]

[@kevinreist7718]

Did the crew chief remember to pull the landing gear lock pins?

[@martinmoffitt4702]

why is it the Crew chiefs fault?...did the pilot not ask to see it?...not sure of sequence of when pins are pulled on f-15 series aircraft... i am a former USAF Crew Chief but NOT with flight line experience on those aircraft.

[@pgee8702]

EOR folks supposed to check for that...was stationed there back when the 15C babies were there...

[@kevinreist7718]

@@martinmoffitt4702 Because the crew chief is already mentally maxed out with all that kicking the tires, wiping down the canopy and cleaning up the vomit in the back seat from the senator's incentive ride, Duh!

[@martinmoffitt4702]

@@pgee8702 that's last chance, SHOULD have been squared away before chocks were pulled! Thanbk you for your service Sir!

[@TedConingsby]

Overspeed possibly

[@MKHNitro]

Bet the pins weren't removed on pre flight

[@TedConingsby]

Most likely hot gear due to overspeed

[@MrSmegfish]

Warranty job...courtesy car.

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

The old truism holds. There are 2 kinds of pilots. Those who've had gear troubles. And those who WILL have gear troubles. (yes, I know, it's actually gear-up landings, but that didn't quite work here fortunately)

[@A.J.1656]

Then the third kind... those who never have gear troubles.

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

@@A.J.1656 Ha! Those are pure invention! Mythical beings that don't exist. Or fixed gear pilots! 🤣🤣

[@keithw4920]

Was it only the front gear jammed which is why he kept the nose up as long as possible to avoid a possible front collaspe if it hit the ground going too fast?

[@davidfifer4729]

They normally keep the nose up as long as possible to help slow the aircraft (aerodynamic braking).

[@TedConingsby]

No all the gear were still down you can see them all down

[@JamesAMG]

Hmm, anyone know exactly what happened? Curious because everyone keeps mentioning gear failing to retract, but it’s clear that both mains did retract, then we see them come back down not too long after. Couldn’t tell what the nose gear did.

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

I'm betting that the gear worked just fine but when he retracted the gear, he didn't get the correct indicator lights in the cockpit that the gear had retracted correctly. So the abort and landing was just a precaution. We will probably never know but that's my guess.

[@TedConingsby]

All gear did not retract. They were still down

[@JamesAMG]

@@TedConingsby interesting you say that because you can literally see the main gear go up, then come back down shortly after.

[@TedConingsby]

@@JamesAMG we don’t see them retract in the video but even if they did, all three were still down

[@justsmy5677]

It looks like he put the gear handle up and the main gear retracted (at least most of the way). We can't really see what happened with the nose gear. I'm sure the cockpit indications showed that all 3 gear were not fully up and the gear lights out. So, in accordance with the checklist, they put the gear handle down, got good gear down indications on all 3 gear, flew around a while to burn gas until they were at a safe landing weight, then landed.

[@SouthTexasLawns]

My old squadron at the 'Heath' ... good to see the Strike Eagles still flying over England.

[@jeffwarren6906]

Nice when situations are handled so nicely . Happy it wasn't the other type of jam .

[@TerminalChill]

Better that its unable to retract as opposed to being unable to detract.

[@tomcook5813]

Over speed the gear, late getting them up

[@TedConingsby]

Possibly

[@Malec_photography]

Hi can anyone tell me if lakenheath is on nights on Thursday

[@asynchronicity]

Gear issues even made the little kid cry..😅

[@ENGBriseB]

Glad it was brought back safely.

[@mardasjennings864]

What kind of camera are you using?

[@douglas_brighty_tan127]

Very incredible and brilliant 🤩👍

[@TedConingsby]

[@alixakablackcat3739]

Luckily the pilot is ok. Ty for the posting tho Teddi. 😊👍👏

[@heeder777]

I would be very unlikely this was caused by the landing gear pins, at least three sets of eyes would have had to miss all three gear pins, each gear leg has its own pin. Probably one of the weight on wheels switch went bad. If the aircraft still thinks it's sitting on the ground with a signal from the switch, the gear won't retract and the weapons won't arm. Faulty landing gear control box can also cause this.

[@TedConingsby]

Most likely overspeed

[@royhi1809]

End of runway...did anyone check the hydraulics befroe the flight?

[@TedConingsby]

It was mostly likely over speed

[@scenicbearviewing]

Someone forgot to remove the gear pins.

[@TedConingsby]

This may have been an over speed issue, not 100% sure but could have been

[@scenicbearviewing]

@@TedConingsby How does the gear get hot? I worked on F-15s. The gear has no way to get hot. The brakes can heat up on landing if the pilot gets on them too much, but this was a take off. After parking big pins with flags on them are put in all three gear, for safety. Sometimes a new mechanic forgets to take them out or one out before a flight. In the video the main gear went up, so maybe the nose gear. He was never real fast so I highly doubt it was a gear overspeed.

[@CSXT7373]

Can anybody explain what that, “squeak” noise is right before the throttle up? You can also kind of hear it during the approach/landing.

[@TedConingsby]

This is actuators on the engines. Look at the rear of the engines when they are on the ground and you will see the engines getting larger or smaller with the sound. There is a slight delay due to the way sound travels

[@CSXT7373]

@@TedConingsby I see. Thanks!

[@justsmy5677]

The noise is from the engine nozzles opening. In mil power the nozzles are fully closed (more thrust). On lineup the pilot checks the engines in mil power, then when satisfied the engines are OK, he releases brakes and plugs in the afterburners. When the pilot selects afterburner the nozzles open fully in order to release all that heat (more thrust in AB, even with the nozzles open).

[@TedConingsby]

@@justsmy5677 just a little note that when the pilot is rolling and selects afterburners, the nozzles actually close (they get narrow) and not open fully. Again, as you explained well, that’s what generates the “fweep” sound. But yes, I didn’t realise the engine nozzles close when afterburners come on.

[@justsmy5677]

@@TedConingsby - The nozzles OPEN when afterburner is selected. What I failed to state clearly on my first post is that the crew runs up the engines to about 85% power on lineup. The wheel brakes will not hold a Strike Eagle stationary when the power is at Military power (100% w/no AB). So...what you are really seeing is; 1. the nozzles being mostly open on lineup (about 85%) 2. Pilot satisfied that engines are good, simultaneously releases brakes and smoothly advances power to military power (nozzles CLOSE in military power) momentarily, then pilot selects AB. 3. Nozzles OPEN in afterburner. Cheers!

[@Ian-Saxon]

3 greens much better than 3 reds!

[@winstonbabb8226]

Safe landing very good

[@tangowango828]

was this from yesterday?

[@slmjake]

Love the little guy at the end. Why not make life fun a bit and make people smile? Bless you.

[@TedConingsby]

Oii oiii thank you so much and this is exactly what our channel is about, a fun but serious military aviation channel. Respect 🤙🏼

[@josemoreno3334]

Good safe landing. Stuff happens sometimes.

[@TedConingsby]

It does and the pilots are trained all the time for these scenarios and put them into place when that time comes.

[@BudstarXEmergencyOfficial]

Love the F15!

[@TedConingsby]

Oooohhh yeah

[@bmwr9tracer668]

Somebody forgot to pull the gear pin? I mean is there any?

[@TedConingsby]

No, overspeed

[@CosmasNDamian]

But did they find a pin with a red pennant on it in the wheel well when they secured the jet?

[@TedConingsby]

All gear jammed potentially due to over speed

[@tomdarco2223]

Right On

[@TedConingsby]

Oohh yeah

[@EleanorPeterson]

The RC pilot side of me says he should have opted for a hand-launch. 🤭

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

Now I can't get that image out of my head. 😹

[@maxsparks5183]

Good job pilot.

[@kellywilson8440]

Somebody somewhere will answer for that !

[@TedConingsby]

Was most likely overspeed

[@annebynon]

Phew!

[@richtaylor2129]

Glad the pilot got her down safe & he/she is ok.

[@TedConingsby]

Well said Rich

[@kenclark9888]

It would be cool to hear the ATC audio as well

[@TedConingsby]

Cannot broadcast this during live streams.

[@slickstrings]

think of all the fuel he would have had to dump.

[@TedConingsby]

Safety procedure

[@robwillcox2307]

Nice capture Ted.

[@TedConingsby]

Oiii oiiii thanks Rob

[@bsuthe]

What's with the teddy bear?

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[@bsuthe]

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[@briansmith2125]

Crew chief left the downlocks in.

[@A.J.1656]

So what you're saying is the pilot failed the pop quiz the crew chief gave him on the preflight walk-around. Lol

[@briansmith2125]

@@A.J.1656 BINGO!!! LOL! I used to test them all the time but never to the point of obstructing a mission. Some of them didn't appreciate the free training much.

[@A.J.1656]

@@briansmith2125 Haha. We had one pilot who was notorious for trying to "break" the jet on the walk-around. He'd start waving everyone off when he thought he'd discovered an issue. His "finds" were always entertaining because most of what he found was impossible and demonstrated he didn't have the slightest clue what he was talking about. 😑

[@TedConingsby]

Most likely due to overspeed

[@pastohh]

Car alarms are such Karens.

[@paulkirkland3263]

As far as I can see, the gear retracted normally. Was it just the nose wheel that wouldn't come up ?

[@terrancedactielle5460]

If you zoom in it looks like the nose gear functions but 1 or both of the main gear fails to retract.

[@paulkirkland3263]

@@terrancedactielle5460 Sorry, I've watched it twice more - both the main gears retract together at 0:32, then lower together at 0:43. As for the nose wheel, I see the lower edge of the tyre disappear at 0:30, between the two red and white masts, but is that because it is retracting, or is it an increase in pitch up angle obscuring the wheel ? It doesn't come back into view until 1:13, while the aircraft is in the turn. You can't see the nose wheel between those two moments, so how do we know it functioned properly ?

[@TedConingsby]

All gear did not retract, they were all still down

[@paulkirkland3263]

@@TedConingsby Even though you see them retract in the video ? Okay.

[@TedConingsby]

@@paulkirkland3263 incorrect, they never retracted and this CAN be seen in the video, ALL three landing gear down

[@reverseuniverse2559]

Looks like the afterburners came straight on sitting still

[@tsangarisjohn]

Take off is the scariest part of any flight.

[@michaelhoffmann2891]

What?! Compared to landings? Nah. Airplanes *want* to fly. Take off is easy. Push throttle through firewall; make sure noise gets louder; keep the white line between your legs; keep dirty side down; wait. Plane WILL fly. 😆

[@albertkelly7129]

yep landings all day@@michaelhoffmann2891