F-14 breaking the sound barrier?

Question

on youtube i saw an F-14 breaking the sound barrier but then a little bit after it blew up... i was wondering why did it blow up?

Vid: http://youtube.com/watch?v=7qMtnFtB38I&mode=related&search=

Answer 1

Groverraj got it correct.

On April 27, 1995, an aircrew from a Blacklions F-14 bailed out 800 miles west of Guam and were recovered safely. The crew had been on routine maneuvers (making a low level supersonic run) while their carrier battle group was returning to America from a six-month deployment.

It was determined to be the result of a catastrophic compressor stall in the starboard engine which severed hydraulic and fuel lines.

The crew was safely recovered by rescue swimmers from HS-6

Answer 2

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F-14 breaking the sound barrier?
on youtube i saw an F-14 breaking the sound barrier but then a little bit after it blew up... i was wondering why did it blow up?

Vid: http://youtube.com/watch?v=7qMtnFtB38I&mode=related&search=

Answer 3

I saw this on Discovery Channel: ``Carrier: Fortress at Sea''

On September 21, 1995 video of a F-14 fly-by that goes wrong. The aircraft nearly breaks the sound barrier (you can see the mist forming), then explodes because of what was apparently an engine compression failure. The two pilots, from VF-213 (Black Lions) ejected successfully. The carrier battlegroup, with the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), was 1,400 kilometers west of Guam at the time.

Answer 4

It's not able to be determined from the video.
The F-14 can easily go beyond the speed of sound without any danger to its components if it is in good repair. Bird strikes (birds being sucked into the jet's engines), faulty parts or maintenance, or pilot error could have caused the explosion shown on the video.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

The sound barrier, if flying at exactly thye speed of sound too long puts great stress on a plane. He was hanging right at that point which can be seen by the shock waves. Pilot error caused the plane to break apart.

Answer 7

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Well it depends on whether the boom originates in front of or behind the cockpit. Because if the physical origin of the boom is behind the cockpit, the pilot is just gonna outrun the soundwave.

Answer 8

here is a link to watch the short vid of the accident:

http://www.micom.net/oops/

Go to that page, go to the 's' listings, and click on 'some days you're not.wmv'

Then, to see a successful flyby, look at some days you're good 1 or 2.

Answer 9

To be honest, nobody could tell why it blew up from that video. It could have been many different things -- from the fuel line rupturing to too much stress on the jet engine. Honestly, you would have to ask the pilot or engineers why (most likely not the pilot, from the looks of that video unfortunately).

Answer 10

I am not certain, but I do not think the pilot hears it because she is at the point of origin of the soundwaves - which actually are the sonic boom for people further away.