"Hot" landing blocks 28L at PDX

I was walking out to preflight one morning in Bagram when an F-15E landed hot. I watched as his tire flew through the air like a donut. He dropped the hook and took the departure end cable. Blocked the runway for about an hour. With only one runway and an arrival / depart every couple of minutes, it's a massive problem.
 
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The "other" runway was closed to fix this....

"Strangely enough, the south runway is closed for repairs after the tire on another F-15 failed and the jet's landing gear damaged the runway."


What are the chances..:dunno::rolleyes:
 
I was doing the Class C transition eastbound from KVUO along the north bank of the Columbia today when Approach had me make a 30-degree left turn for these incoming F-15s, which were on the overhead break. The controller handing me off a couple of minutes later seemed a bit frazzled and forgot to cancel my altitude restriction -- now I realize she must have been distracted by this accident. Shortly thereafter I was hearing Seattle Center ask arrivals if they could accept 28L with only 5,000' available. It was odd hearing him tell arrivals to expect a hold on a CAVU day like this.
 
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F15's don't have hooks. Could it have been an F18?
 
comanchepilot said:
F15's don't have hooks. Could it have been an F18?
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Nope, it was a Strike Eagle. They have hooks, as do F-16s. Comes in handy for landing gear issues and as 35 AOA has brought up before, standing water on the runway.
 
comanchepilot said:
F15's don't have hooks. Could it have been an F18?
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F16's have hooks, too. They just don't use them on boats. ;) They're used in combination with a barrier installed at certain fields to prevent overruns during emergencies.
 
I stand corrected. . . never saw that before.
 
Velocity173 said:
Nope, it was a Strike Eagle. They have hooks, as do F-16s. Comes in handy for landing gear issues and as 35 AOA has brought up before, standing water on the runway.
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That's accurate. The USAF hooks aren't quite designed for repeated use like the Navy ones are. They have hooks for emergencies only and, as I understand it, it's a pretty big deal if they have to use it.

Airfield arresting gear takes quite a while to reset AFTER the aircraft that used it has been cleared. If you know someone is about to take a trap, you can expect 20-30 minutes best case before that runway is available again.
 
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