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. .(1\,,,.( llarrntll"C 01 accident. Include .talement of responsibility a.nd rocommenrlaliona (or action to preveot repetition)

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, .~'--.-- -.---,.,.:~~...~~---.-~ . -. -- ~_. ._ .. ._.. .__ ... . .l:__ ~ __._~~ all:planes_j_lJXied 1mf:ttediat~1LPr.~.~i!1g__~~_·_bad_notrouble. ~a 'lind at the j--=::-:_- ... --~~~;;~s:-_Y.:i~~~e~~~~~~i:-~:d}rhiti~E_i-·3;J:r:~·o~p.F.~~~~~-~ ..~~~- ..::--;-:=:;- i-.""'=. . _ ..'_""" nor .appro.acll Ilg." n e 0 1'IIlIRY. Bo .. ~r., ..~ apply!,:__ .. ._. __

lDi' brakes'be diloover~ that the lett brake De completely iDopt~th•• ,rMlr . I

--·-'-rnrrt neces.$ry to u. bnkes to 5topt:ietorerea;cliliig~ljFo:r':::run'ay, Lt. liCi, app~led his emergency brake. T~ lef!. brake being ino~ra~1ve caused tbe ah1p

to ' Slfe%";',.01'1'..t~ runway to' this right." Se.ing unfavorable terraill. a.bead. lit dt·_Qi.!led· .~. applY.j:Q.wer f.t'omthe h~ dght ngines. -In 'doJng SOt .t~•. Illlip- .... ~aharpl: to the lett· acrose the· runny aM orashed-intopiles of.dirt &ni bo~8'be70Ili·;;the·.dirt· seal 'oli the lett haM lide of ruiinY. -."Tbe:'~'O;II~:~ot' t.he pp.~t..~ ·~t~.~·to.tur~ t~ "airplane ~aoi;' in 'to" tile ,runway' 1

cc .·br~' u!e'ot ;h!s '.nWe1t ).tt.tt ~t had J.~ft_ t.~~~~LOD.'S..h,"rf-,ht ..~'.('.'.. " ,'-

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, run"1.' the de~q ili. the response, 1.nh8rent in the reaction taking place ·.bln -....~'._.. ___:_lttellpt1iii-'tI" cli:~~-::£l{e~~8J.oii.j,t 'an airplana..oi.tbe_grow:d.Jith.J.be~.ng111"', __ . -" ~_::.; .. - . ~- ,-..·-11:,sUrfioient-lT-iarP-:lOn thaf-·o,,~ot)lrtroHing~~·· elmo st--1n.~1table< --_._-'.--:-~-",---"'::..- --.::;~, . ..', - .' "'; . '- ". ." . I ';-

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I.. T~ IBM Oil RIlnay #4. JiIl~ calm, ·no direction, "-teloe1ty Z.

Q. 'that' ~1~ectioll was your' plue after you reeeiTe~ aitial -1Dl!truet'1~~'.before 'rilaidng approach to' t~~'t1el~? . • . '

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"~:. II,1. Foll.owing J5"North .ot f.hl~ I 1. '1 II IhU,. Dragge~ fiel<11ooking'

at 'tlle f?el~ eeeillg ho:w·f.iel~ set t·ben following Major '.roul<!l3r"- 1.trllffio to l~d about 45 ~ee. behi~~..Major on .1andiD8 l~g•..

Q'- Oil 111\"in8 were you aware of meehanical :~1fficulty?

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. ". A. y~', S~ •. I let it ·roil.:' The ehip- etarted to' .rO.!~~ra1gU .~.o:n·the". '. - riUl''-1~''.I wiecOReeried 'in keeping it strdght:-ud lot lOOm~~~"----+--

.."-·--.frsPiet;-iQ-i'f) ho~,?ia~ws·'...w~e:_gofftg...·-if-t-ir· aet1ni:th •. ruiwl1 '.': . ·coll1DS'up··;r.-st.,:I :star.;te.(p~ tOl.,lch- both 8•. ~'TlIe r.~g~f..br.ki~~"

-::-+----. -:-btlH-be-le~.kel!i-n~ lfo~. " .. . . ' .. ' t t~e ron,.: 'il!~b,)liat the left· brakehada ~l t 1 .•~.,r:t~~\.' . tOo apply ~ot'h brakes' with' tbeir full power. J'oU_a t·~t leti brai.::~id:;', •. . DOthol'\! It all. Right brake !i.'! irlbb1ag, thiolrhg.AirplaDe· .t~·riSht ...~ side' of" :NDWiy'~- 'Before -goliag oN''':'tb.e"'l'UJ,wsy;-u'''!ppttea-tutl-8IIergelo1

..:'''tiriliii ,u('nnej"did·lio.t hol~· either.· Decided: tAat' 8·oi.!"o'f£:if~FiilC!e-:--,-:,-of rWl~1' WO~ll'- cau.8'. -ilii':ton'i r-a -aH'Ch-aRd 8..~'embi'Gi•• t':of"~lrl-:-~'~:T.- _. " .... "Pllt .~ filIi. right' tlilga.es ·to' turn fhe' Ship lett.. I thOll8lit that it_.~..

.. .' plane kepLgo'iag)9 ..ih:e riYit it· would hi t 'the --il~ll elf ¥ill ttl. bCII-'·:··-·....·--·baraier· alld Jla'aga~OX:·;-·'·lff8r8PPli.ilg: fU.ffr1sht .t~ti:~e·.·thijfa", .

,eered·to tne left, .perpe.ldie~lar to runway. lcro~e· the'·1\I.aft1, atraight.for... other ·ditch.-Blld eru~U~.irt embanmBDt, . 'l'.b., ri~~·. !tn~el..~W :" '

, '. ..- '·:~"·ie"eragt:-~~~Md_±~t.l:i:::.pp~~~J~.teli~roll.Jto-4. :te.et-d~lt"e.Il~·i18" .the airplane to s..-iAgto the'. right aM Iud approXimahly parallel.to

_.' tile emballkmallton the left "sid'! of the fiel~.;· T~eplall8·.hU·the·ell-.. \ __ ,:. ~_.. ~~"b.ii~!cme!ll,_the lett. '"beel kQP].~1.J)1i;6__fQQ1.Mlt1~~d ~e. ~oPped. :~ . .

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A. No, ~ir. Ne1t~e.r the Co.pilot~ nor ,lDyself bad Iny ~QJbt 'all to '1Iheth!l'r-~-. or Ilot we,eould .atop on the rulW8Y. . -

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'-;'--- ..-----i~"-No,'Sir. I dI'\lg the f1el;;-:-O;th~ 'la~~ing the'rl;;tt;;- there weretwo, planes goil8 in betore me, '

1, 11111,'be illlportaltt'. '!Yer siace th,e Vega 17 'illS'",' troilbI.:e'ilici"t:li'j",tfrSi'-d8Y:~1I;a~r~I~.~u~P~~~~~~~~T~~~;;.;;==-----~

Tile lett braD ~id Dot: bo11 'Yer"! well. GroUJ~ eagilleers, ~bwgll' it' 'liaS

U 't~e Hy~raiie, ey~teia.' The Hy~raUc 8yetem ~a bied end 're,tilled.: Theb.rake-'IIolll~,bol~"eolllll'·day5 a~ eolll8'deys ,1fOUla-Rot. ',On irrhtaa'it ' ,X8,ney, Neb~aeka. we' h,8~ the lett brake balld t8ien ort, fOulld th.t-~he 'br~e sllrfaee of, the lett brake bas been 8earr~~ ~o.u to tPe ~tal. ' ,

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, it '~as still slipping, 'l'he e~gilll3er1ng ~apartmeat decided'that it 'IIaa.... , in tli~,Rydr..Uc:'system. _They, replae!'ltr the shu:t.t.er nlvo,.'ia ..t,b.e ,aebooe.ter __;' -~--' syshm;' --On-o-.k."frc!Il''gI'oun<l. engilleers-t_oo!c' plane up for a te,s~:'hop;"

On first ruril'lillg '~:P the, e~g1nes 'brake (1U not hO~d. Cl.lt' engine H.Y~al1cFe,saure, ch~cke~. Started engines again, proeee('l1ng to t est brake withfull lett tbrot'tle"bralce fOllnd O. K. On check' flight the la~illS wasma~e withOlit tile lise or "brakes. ' I di~ not '(!etennine whether the ,brakes

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A. ,No, Sir. The w1~ tee cO!-l,ld ,haTe beea, in any direeUoll. I 'Ud 'R9t look~t tAe 'wina' tee. ,To'ller'repor'ted w1Dd: calm, ,tlleiet01'e'tee eould ,!uiYi,':bteaill lilY '"

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A. ,When I 'IIaS,OD"tl;e I'\ID!,aY" " 10'.,a5 UDder tile ~1iI:preesion that the plaRe onen~ of th~ runwaY.;W~\l~turn'rieht to 9' h.J:1,:';trip. :'I,felt eyei"tbougb'~.as there ',I COI4ld atop the, ebip without cOIlIi-e, ann clo!!!! to hili'.,.. _. --~--'., . ,'; :7"" -... . '_ .. ~- . _ .···· ..._.,;._z. ,,_~_. ',' 'A __

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. G. B. Keck (Pilot)" called. Tower t~rti·tin m11ea-Nox.thot Boger. I·"'88 011 illterphon,e tal,king ~o bomb'ai'd1er. .He told me w1n~.reported calli.'Cal.le~Tonr' sgaiD.5 llilea Oil', Ie .were. told' to ~'rBg tie~~ oilce. ·,t·tol •

....: :lowe!! 065 i.t9. trafti'c .n~.arawa "tiel!! bellind him. WeWer!Lt)!,_t~d__~~..P..11. traffic i ·pUot· eailed Towe.I- oi:·Bae. leg and .'Tower sa ·.we were :clear to·lUd.·

. hit at --,-.·.Pilot·'l~i tlle

2100 ·to .rUll .M•. ·.P.ilot ealle~ 'brakes Vi.lt· an~ gz:lbbedemergney bldl_.--:-----.-"!'-.-gI',.bbed :tlDlr.8e~e4·he-il~~!:·~h~--l;un1' The ri~t

. _. braKe ..bad ·held' illl614,gh to ..tll;rI.:'sh1p. ~e ~efi r\ln"ay and I tr1e:f~ell8rgello7-~--"'- ... --...hanrll.. two or three .:tiDleS.... l~ ..~id Dl?t. '; '8 .."lit ~~Oft side. ot. N~~i1.. . . .

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. I groulld' .on'lalldiag.· I~reee.hea';()"r~\and c~t .ewitc.)ies after'we had. etollped. . .

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At''l8,lO. ~ 19, 1943. Army 5851 receiTed the' following landing' in-8tni'otic;ji"~-ttOIil-Dow-Colltrcrl-Tower,'You-iie-cleared ·to the field.' :~Make·

. YCIolr·approach·.tornwsY, #4.- 11illd"'d1rec$1oll 1>-Do8.· 'in~ n-lQCUy z- .'~bia. 'Drag the run.ayootie~. Ind then gin the Tower a cal~ WA.I 011 your

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. i~rtNct1o~ ·~cj'Iiold Ilia' POSitiOD' tiere 'ad aircratt wer. 1a~bg bebiad Um,, .it r.pprolil!iat ely 18,)8 '.I,t1IY ,'30065. let ~o.". over NJ1wi1 #4. bUt' apparntly .

(!eeided lie WIS" oaliAs a too hlgh 8lId pul~ed up to .go-s·roU:lld ata,... : '-.

:rdeil8·.:dust.-alolg the, e1~e '9t·ihe ru ..nr~!ora .Short"IU8t.~. ,~~,_._ .. .• _,.._,~--,'·r..·-,.'" ." :~h,rp:le;ft~:rD~"D~.~lt'-d·1-ago.~:l-1t4Cr.088:-:the...iu"7.:.;:t9.

to • 'eOJijjlete 'stop 'just oU-the -left "h8ld'·8-r~.·t'::Mr:illpr .... 1o~ae '. '·t eiiIp'hif1iii'ehaDic.rt~Oi.ib.ii or· 'eom;~-eort-"'e-'~It"elliilid :to:1ie"':i'iinir.t ":,~- .

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ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONl!a7 20, 1943

Aircrait Involve(h--B-17F-25-VE, MF. No. 42-5851.' - JI'

. !nv~:II~~ated ,in eompllanee with ill Regulation No. '62-14, datedJ.{q ,26;, 1942, Part Senn .', . ' : .:>:. . . . ','

. Sw1tchel--· ·-Ign±tiOll~-:-;-C:. =(-e;f:ur=.-':-:·:::· .::::.... -:-. :-:·:=::jN:r;~at~~~~O'~La~=lIoi~==::--:-::-:,=1"'''j",',Fuel Val... .. on . Carbo Air 'Heat' Controli. - "Cold'Throttle _.' U~own ,.(Jammed at 35) .

, .KUtv.~, - ,FuJi ·Rich ". . . "COckpit Hut' Controls - Ott_ ptop' contr911 ;,. .Lo•. Piteb ' Control L,OCk • Vnl:ocked .

11-_+._..== "J:•.!.~.1i:'-dii&~,~~!i~£-.:-:}fot' F~t_h.~!:!lA.:'_J.frK1!.l8_~n'ke',':_"_Q{f~ __·~.:__.~ .._., .._. '---"-"-Whetl 'Ret~act1ng C9Qt~l' - ,'N.utral, SUck, -' Unlocked ..

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Oil Preuur, Gage11 'engine. ". " . " II.

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Ch.ck to aee' 11' there are. ~y 'parts of. the airplane missing. NOll"

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lile the radiO 'rilto~tion chart in thl 1il'p11l11? Yes.. . . . . ., .

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