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Texas Jet (on-field competition) crunched a Lear into a fuel truck 2 days before my last day.

Tow head on the nose gear: Check
Towbar on the towhead: Check
Towbar attached to Tug: Check
Chocks removed: Check
Pushback start: Check
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Tow pin between tow head and bar: Uncheck

Pushback starts, the Lear moves just fine. They tap the brakes on the tug and the towbar and towhead go their separate ways. Trailing edge of the wing right into a fuel truck. :eek:

Then there was this time they let a Harrier go into the grass...
 
Perhaps the synthetic vision database needs an update.
 
Kritchlow said:
During what mode of operation?
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I was told during taxi. I never did meet the pilot, and everything I learned was second hand. I cannot therefore cannot ascertain the veracity of any of it. Jet was gone the next day.
 
steingar said:
I was told during taxi. I never did meet the pilot, and everything I learned was second hand. I cannot therefore cannot ascertain the veracity of any of it. Jet was gone the next day.
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The airplane does have an emergency braking system. It can be somewhat difficult at landing speeds, but taxi speed should be very easy to stop using the back up.
That assumes the 525 uses the same system as all other citations.
 
I thought you said this thing was certified for Grass Strip operations.

Cheers
 
"An AOA indicator could have prevented this!" -OR- "Those quartering tailwinds are dangerous!"
 
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I told you we would get it stopped before the end of the runway!
 
Here, hold my beer.


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