AV-12
| Serial | 001012 | |||||||||||||||
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| Model | B-2A Spirit | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
| Comments | "Spirit of Kansas" w/o 23.02.08 cr on the runway at Andersen AFB, Guam, shortly after take-off. The a/c was one in a flight of four B-2s that were returning to Whiteman AFB, MO, following a deployment that began 05.10.07. Moisture in 3 of the 24 sensors that feed info into the bomber’s computer system caused the sensors to send false information about the plane’s speed and altitude, and how far up or down the bomber’s nose was pointed. As the jet took off the onboard computer thought the B-2 was pointed downward, causing the nose to jerk suddenly upward. The two pilots couldn’t regain control of the bomber and as the left wing struck the runway, the pilots safely ejected (with 509 BW) | |||||||||||||||
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