A ramp strike or rampstrike is when an aircraft coming to land aboard an aircraft carrier impacts the rear of the carrier, also called the ramp, below the level of the flight deck.

May 6, 2019 · It shows the final seconds of an F-14A Tomcat, BuNo 159843 “NH-111”, belonging to VF-213, attempting to land aboard the flattop at night. The PLAT is used by Landing Signal Officers (LSO) to...

Feb 23, 2023 · A year after a F-35C Lightning II suffered a ramp strike on the USS Carl Vinson, resulting in the loss of the aircraft and multiple sailors being injured, the findings of the...

May 20, 2020 · It shows U.S. Navy A-7E Corsair II (BuNo 157495) belonging to VA-56 “Champions” bursting into flames after a ramp strike on 21 August 1984. The pilot, Lt. Thomas R. Doyle, 24, was killed...

Feb 18, 2022 · Following the investigation into the leak of a cell phone video recording the crash from Vinson ’s Pilot’s Landing Aid Television (PLAT), the Navy has charged one senior chief, three chiefs and an ensign with failure to obey a lawful order under Article 92 the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Cmdr. Zach Harrell a spokesperson for Naval Air Forc...

Jun 23, 2021 · The F9F ramp strike was just one of several crashes that George Chamberlain Duncan survived during his peacetime career as a naval test pilot. His was a dangerous job at a time when all kinds of technological and performance barriers were being pushed, extracting a heavy toll on aviators’ lives.

Feb 7, 2022 · The Navy is investigating the unauthorized release of a video that shows the ramp strike of an F-35C Lightning II aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70). The footage comes from flight deck cameras aboard the carriers, Cmdr. Zach Harrell, spokesperson for commander, Naval Air Forces, told USNI News.

Jul 14, 2018 · Alkire’s aircraft, Vought F7U-3 Cutlass Bureau Number (BuNo) 129595, side number 412, struck the ramp and the jet exploded and disintegrated around him. Burning jet fuel was deposited in the port side deck edge catwalk.

Jun 10, 2023 · Taken on Jul. 11, 1994 the image in this post shows the remains of VF-51 Screaming Eagles F-14A Tomcat BuNo 162602 after a ramp strike upon landing aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). The F-14 crew were able to eject.

May 19, 2019 · A ramp strike is when an aircraft coming to land aboard an aircraft carrier impacts the rear of the carrier, also called the ramp, below the level of the flight deck. Damage from a ramp strike to the aircraft can range from broken hook or undercarriage to total loss of airframe; damage to the carrier can range from injured deck plating to a ...