McDonnell Douglas FA-18 Hornet (18-8738)

Oh my god...

When and where did that happen?

Lethbridge Canada, October 2012

OHHH, THIS IS SO BAD

looks like the pilot ejected!

No history data? Gee, I wonder why!?! It is an awesome pic. Are there others, either before or after this one? Thanks for sharing!!

I have answered my own question. While there are at least 5, maybe more pictures of this accident. There is one where it is in normal flight, and may not be from the actual accident flight, but is nice to see what it was like before things went so very bad. Then there are 4 pictures showing the firing of the canopy, then one of the pilot being shot out of the cockpit in his ejection seat, then one where you can see the pilots feet on the left side of the image and the plane now free of its canopy, pilot and seat, and this one when it starts its attempt to drill to China. There may be more, but if you put the 5 in order, it is just incredible!!! Thank you to who ever did this!!!

WOWWWWW!!

@ Cal Schreckenghaust Your welcome

Ladies and gentlemen...here is how to destroy a 200 million dollar aircraft

Jim, are you sure about the timeand place?Tail painted to commemorate Navy 100. While still serving, and in 2010, I never had the chance to see this aircraft fly. Even for the international fleet review on June 12, 2010. I was lead to believe this CF-188 (Canadian F-18A) crashed at the Shearwater airshow sometime the month before.
Any info?

Sorry Jim. Right location, wrong date. July 2010
http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/flight-safety/article-template-flight-safety.page?doc=cf188738-hornet-epilogue-flight-safety-investigation-report/hl7pe978

Anybody know how fast this jet was traveling at the time of impact?

The aircraft was in slow flight, at an extreme AOA. See the youTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxMLkEYgT78

And it was all going so well until this happened...........

Ha

OKAY..is he cleared for 30 or 23 or 12? Just saying!


Okay...great shot!

It would have being amazing to post the entire accident photoes sequence. For sure whoever took the pictures have them. Fantastic anyhow. Brazil on line.

Wow....now that's one expensive lawn dart.

Has this pilot had any training on how to fly. This crash can only be accomplished by an idiot.

New landing technique? Where's a valet when you need one.

Correction.. this wasn't a $200M aircraft.. try closer to $60M.

I like Brian Luvisi's "lawn dart" quip the best!

Amazing shot! Right place, Right time.

incroyable moment et quelle prise de photo....

O_O

One incredible photo

HOLY HOPPIN' HAMBURGERS!!!!

great shot capturing this unfortunate event.

Not long before a huge fireball.

Great photo.

That is the most expensive game of lawn darts I've ever seen.

Replace your divots!

Good Grief!!

Just on time picture!

Why?

You have to be very quick to take such a photo. Amazing job.

Canada called.. they want their money back...

The timing on this is incredible!

Planes can't fly without a pilot (usually) that's why it's fubar lol

This is the same plane XXX738 that was in that awesome photo above with the ejection seat showing the rocket motors burning, awesome shots!

:(

Cockpit is empty so looks like a fortunate one for the pilot.
Awesome pic. No one would stand his/her ground and take such a steady shot for fear of an explosion in the next 1/10th of a sec!
No tell tale sign of engine flames, so looks like a control problem

dramatisc

I wonder if the Chinese saw this coming or just thought it was another earthquake!

OMG!

мгновенная потеря миллионов долларов

don't want to be a wet blanket, but the other pics mentioned show the canopy ejection and lots of smoke at a moment just prior to this -- makes me wonder about this being photo-shopped to delete the smoke ... just wondering

@a mentor I took the shot NOT PHOTOSHOPPED not at all. FYI you should look up the crash report and you can see how this shot gave the team a great perspective on direction speed and crash info PhotoShopped PFFFT

QUE ISSO,ALGUÉM SABE EXPLICAR COMO ACONTECEU?E COMO FICOU O ESTADO DESTE AVIÃO? E O PILOTO ?

Come on now, if you look closely you can see the cables and wires holding this plastic, blow-up F-18A. It's at all the airshows to include Oshkosh, Twin Rivers, Solon, Ohio.
JK.

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Damn

So I saw all of these pictures and I have a question. Was this on purpose?

Wow

Bedst pic ever

"k a b o o m ?" "Yes Rico, kaboom..." Such a great photo at the right moment, looks almost like a multi million dollar Lawn Dart! I'm glad the pilot got out okay though!