F-15D Eagle Crash Site

December 13th 2017

Summery : The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an all-weather tactical fighter aircraft. This F-15D (#86-0173) was assigned to 65th Aggressor Squadron, 57th Wing at Nellis AFB. On July 30th 2008, it was participating in Red Flag 08-3 as part of three F-15s plus eight F-16s simulating Red Air tactics against a large force of 26 Blue Air aircraft. Duaring the flight, it experienced a left yawing and upright flat spin. While it lost approximately 20,000 feet in the spin and had spun approximately 20 times. The pilot tried to recover but, it began a coordinated left roll with decreasing pitch angle. The pilot and the observer pilot ejected at 700 feet AGL, 70 degrees nose low and in a slight left bank. The observer pilot, an exchange pilot from the Royal Air Force, survived with minor injuries while the pilot Lt. Col. Thomas "Moses" Bouley sustained fatal injuries with virtually no parachute inflation at the time of impact. The cause of the mishap was not clear, but it may possibly the "right horizontal stabilator failure" or the "external wing tank fuel imbalance".

	Description Manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas Base model: F-15 Version: D Nickname: Eagle Designation System: U.S. Air Force Designation Period: 1976-Present Basic role: Air superiority fighter Serial Number: 86-0173 Year built: 1986 Crash Date: 2008/7/30 Fatalities: 1 Specifications Length: 63' 9" 19.43 m Height: 18' 6" 5.63 m Wingspan: 42' 10" 13.05 m Wingarea: 608.0 sq ft 56.5 sq m Empty Weight: 28,000 lb 12,700 kg Gross Weight: 44,500 lb 20,200 kg Propulsion No. of Engines: 2 Powerplant: Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 or -220 afterburning turbofans Dry Thrust (each): 14,590 lb Thrust with afternurner: 23,770 lb Performance Max Speed(High Altitude): Mach 2.5+ 1,650+ mph 2,665+ km/h Max Speed(Low Altitude): Mach 1.2 900 mph 1,450 km/h Ceiling: 65,000 ft 20,000 m
	Other F-15 Link :  Wikipedia Link : McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

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