E-3 fire at Nellis on landing

[jslugman]

Not sure if anyone heard about this but an E-3 Sentry from the 522nd ACW Tinker AFB, OK landed at Nellis and caught fire. Everyone escaped unharmed.

http://www.vaq34.com/junk/nellisawacs002.jpg

Don't know who the photographer was, I got this through a UK spotters list I still monitor because their news section is tops.

[David Loera]

glad everyone got out ok

[Matt Ottosen]

I read about this earlier, glad everyone is escaped unharmed.

Here are the rumors already floating around Airliners.net

• S/N 83-0008
• Hard landing due to the pilot not flaring.

We'll see if either of these rumors hold true.

[Joe Copalman]

Looks like one of the shots EOR1 put up on Fencecheck last night.

Hell of an asset to have offline like that.

[jslugman]

I imagine there's a couple of folks wearing very baggy flightsuits (particularly in the backside) after a debrief.

[Rob Silliman]

Hell of an asset to have offline like that.

Maybe even irreplaceable....

What are they going to do - salvage the electronics and remount them on a 'low mileage' KC-135 that has already been taken out of service?

Unless the accident review shows that the gear collapsed due to fatigue - the flight crew and probably squadron CO are screwed.