The Real Truth About the A-6 Intruder Partial Ejection
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.พ. 2023
- Rear Admiral "Nasty" Manazir talks about his role in saving an A-6 Intruder attack aircraft after the bombardier/navigator was partially ejected due to a seat malfunction.
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This day still haunts me. I was a young ‘Aardvark’ Avionics tech on the flight deck that day. It all happened so quick! Within like a minute, planes were moved out of the landing area and the ship was turned. He was right there, so close that I could instantly see Lt Gallagher sticking out of the canopy as the plane approached the ship. The way he flopped in the wind, I thought he was dead. It was a miracle that the jagged glass of the canopy didn’t cut him in half! But the man upstairs was looking out for him that day. His parachute had wrapped around the tail, keeping his body from moving forward and probably saved his life. Watching that changed me forever.
Everytime I see or read about this incident, I'm astounded that it ended so well. Kudos to all involved!
Listen to how calm Nasty is under pressure! Remarkable self control. Exactly the kind of guy you want in that kind of a situation
Mark Baden (callsign Master) and I flew together as instructors in VT-7 in 92-93 and I got to hear about this incident first hand. Just an amazing piece of flying and coordination from both the pilot and LSO. Bravo Zulu!
The BN was flight again after 1 1/2 years of recuperation. Tough US Naval Aviation Officer! I was an A-6 plane captain back in 1973 to 1975.
My Dad was a 10-year Navy man (1959-1969). He served on the USS Essex during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the USS Constellation when the Mattox and C Turner Joy were fired upon by the North Vietnamese. He passed away in 2007 from cancer. I have his cruise books and recognize a couple of the squadrons on the plaques in your video from the Constellation in the '60's. He would have loved your channel. I am a 3-year Army veteran.
Lt. Gallagher's humor in the face of such a harrowing near death experience epitomizes the character of military aviators. I salute you, sir! 🙋♂
I was there... I was the operator of the P-16 with the crash and salvage team that first respond after touch down... The images in my head still haunt me to this day. Thank you so much for this documentary, it helps give me some closure... Well Done Sir!
I cannot adequately express how amazing this is without profanity.
This is a terrifying story! Can't believe I've never heard this before. Naval aviators, best on the planet! What an amazing story.
I was the LPO of the EOD Det On that cruise. We got the call on the incident from the Air Boss to prepare a response. ??? I briefed the team, pulled the pub on the Martin Baker seat (micro fitch), and called the maintenance chief to send us their best seat guy. Two of my guys went to work on an RSP (render safe procedure) while my OIC went to the Air Boss, and I went to the flight deck to brief the crash crew. As I got there, a corpsman showed up, and we worked up how to respond to a successful trap. This all in less than 15 minutes. I went to flight deck control to brief the Handler, on the plan. He called the air boss and unless they had a better plan, this was what was going to happen.
"From where I was he was high all along"
I was on vulture's row on the Lincoln when this happened. As the video mentions, the bombardier’s arms were fully extended to the side as the plane landed. From where I was standing on the 04 level, it looked almost as though he were conscious and gesturing for everybody on the flight deck to make room for them as they landed. Of course, when the trap was successful and his body remained motionless, I knew better. He remained in his partially ejected seat for quite a while, still motionless, and I began to think that he had probably died.
One of the most amazing parts of this story is how cool & professional the communications sound.
AO3 Rodriguez VF213. I was working cag arm dearm and had to approach the aircraft for dearming. One experience I will never forget. AO3
As a former Marine radio operator the A-6 is still my favorite. I served in the 1970s. It is an aggressive looking aircraft, it could deliver ordinance in bad weather and jam radar. I miss them not being flown anymore. When I lived in Georgia, the guys from AKTRON 205 "Green Flacons" were kind enough to give me some patches and and a ballcap. This story is amazing I had no idea such a thing could occur.
I was USAF Egress, and when this happened and we got the message traffic, all of us that worked Martin Baker seats knew exactly what happened. As the seat moves up the rail (normally ballistic during ejection) it pulls a pin to fire the drogue gun which deploys the drogue chute. That is what was entangled in the tail.
I left VA-95 just before the start of workups for that deployment those guys were FNG just checking aboard the squadron. I got chills listening to the audio tape. Landing with a starboard wind is a big deal!
My mentor who was former MB rep for SEA during the conflict there at the time of this mishap was running mishap investigations on egress systems for the USAF explained to me the top latch window (a square hole in the top of the catapult tube that holds the seat in the aircraft unless you are ejecting or removing for maintenance) failed due to fatigue. This occurred during the negative G push and the seat lifted up the rails far enough to pull the trip-rod for the drogue gun. The gun fired and punched the drogue out of the canopy which extracted the seat partway. when the TRM released the drogue shackle the drogue pulled the recovery chute out and streamed it back hanging up on the tail surfaces.
I always loved the Intruder, ever since reading "Flight of the Intruder" when I was 12. :)