Fire damages PAK-FA prototype on landing

[Manticore]

Fire damages PAK-FA prototype on landing
By: DOMINIC PERRY
LONDON
Source: Flightglobal.com
5 hours ago
Sukhoi has played down the impact on its T-50/PAK-FA programme of a fire that damaged one of the five flight test aircraft while on the ground atZhukovsky air base near Moscow on 10 June.

The company says smoke was observed coming from the fighter’s starboard engine air intake during landing, and a fire broke out shortly afterwards.

However, the blaze was “quickly extinguished”, says Sukhoi, and the aircraft will now be repaired. “This incident will not affect the timing of the T-50 test programme,” it adds.

Photo courtesy of Sukhoi

Speaking to Flightglobal on 5 June, Mikhail Pogosyan, president of Sukhoi parent United Aircraft, had praised the results from the current round of testing.

They “confirm the schedule of the programme and all the targeted milestones that we have to run through”, he says. Five prototypes were participating in the test and certification work, which is due to conclude in 2015, ahead of first delivery envisioned for 2016.

Launched earlier this year, the design is in the second phase of flight test activity, which is being carried out in conjunction with the Russian air force – Sukhoi’s principal customer for the stealthy type.

A previous evaluation programme to validate the PAK-FA’s performance was concluded in 2013. The new activities cover onboard equipment such as avionics.

Work on the type’s final assembly line at the KnAAPO plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur is also complete, Pogosyan adds. "We have prepared for the launch of production in parallel with the flight test programme. It won't require much additional time to develop serial production.”
Fire damages PAK-FA prototype on landing - 6/10/2014 - Flight Global

 

[Manticore]

Sukhoi's message over the incident with the T-50 aircraft

Sukhoi Company (JSC) - News - News



Moscow, June 10. Today after the regular test flight of the T-50 aircraft at the airfield of the M.M.Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky near Moscow, while the plane was landing, a smoke above the right air intake was observed, then a local fire broke out. The fire was quickly extinguished. The plane is to be repaired. There were no injuries. The Sukhoi Design Bureau set up a commission that will investigate the causes of the accident. This incident will not affect the timing of the T-50 test program.

 

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[RPK]

T-50 Fighter Jet Fire Near Moscow Not to Affect Test Run | Defense | RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, June 10 (RIA Novosti) — An accident with an advanced Russian T-50 fifth-generation fighter jet, which briefly caught on fire while landing near Moscow, will not affect the schedule of planes’ test runs, Sukhoi company said Tuesday.

One of the T-50's engines failed during landing near Moscow on Tuesday, and there was a minor fire on aircraft’s hull. No casualties were reported and the fire was quickly extinguished.

“The jet will be restored. No one was injured. Sukhoi company has set up a commission to investigate the reasons of the accident. But the accident will not change the schedule of test runs slated for the T-50 program,” the company said in a statement.

The Sukhoi T-50 features a stealth profile with internal weapons bays for air and ground-attack weapons, thrust-vectoring engines for high-acceleration turns and an ability known as supercruise to fly supersonic without the use of a fuel-guzzling afterburner. The first flight was held in January 2010. In 2011, the jet was first displayed to the public at the MAKS airshow. In 2013, three jets were presented at the show and performed group maneuvers.

Combat squadrons could expect deliveries no later than in 2016 of the production version, known by its Russian acronym PAK-FA for future tactical fighter aircraft. The PAK-FA will replace the country’s aging fleet of Soviet-era fighter jets.

 

[Kompromat]

Happens. PAKFA engine flamed out during MAKS air show earlier in 2011.

 

[gambit]

Dang...I do not care whose is it. It pains me to see any aircraft in such condition.

 

[VelocuR]

I hope India will stick with this PAF-FA.

 

[HAIDER]

Seems other side is more damage then side on camera...

 

[razgriz19]

A prototype Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA fifth-generation fighter aircraft caught fire on 10 June following landing, according to Sukhoi.

"While the plane was landing, smoke above the right air intake was observed, then a local fire broke out," Sukhoi stated. The incident occurred at the Zhukovsky test centre, near Moscow, where the T-50 prototypes have been conducting flight trials.

The aircraft involved in the incident is the fifth flying prototype, aircraft T-50-5 (side number '055'), which was delivered for tests at Zhukovsky in November 2013.

According to Sukhoi, the pilot was uninjured and the company has already set up a commission to investigate the cause of the incident. Although incidents involving aircraft prototypes are common, this is the first known accident involving the T-50.

Five T-50 aircraft have been undergoing flight trials, with four aircraft conducting company trials at Zhukovsky and one aircraft ('052') conducting joint state trials at Akhtubinsk since February. Two other T-50 airframes are used for ground tests.

Recently two of the aircraft at Zhukovsky were pictured conducting weapons carriage trials. Aircraft T-50-3 ('053') and T-50-4 ('054') were pictured fitted with two pylons on each wing and equipped with a variety of stores, including: R-73 (AA-11 'Archer') short-range air-to-air missiles; R-77 (AA-12 'Adder') medium-range air-to-air missiles; and Kh-31 (AS-17 'Krypton') anti-radiation/anti-ship air-to-surface missiles.

The T-50 testing programme is currently scheduled for completion in 2015, with series production beginning in 2016, the head of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) - Sukhoi's parent company - confirmed in March. The aircraft is slated to replace the Su-27 'Flanker' aircraft in Russian Air Force service.

ANALYSIS
Sukhoi stated that the aircraft will be repaired, and that the fire "will not affect the timing of the T-50 test program". However, a photo issued via UAC on 10 June showed the fire had inflicted significant damage above the aircraft's starboard engine intake and into the aircraft's spine, while much of the underside of the aircraft also appears to have been heavily damaged. Although the aircraft's forward fuselage and cockpit, starboard wing, and empennage appear intact, the level of damage to other parts of the aircraft would indicate the aircraft will need a significant amount of work to repair.

 

[Indus Falcon]

Russian Advanced Prototype Fighter Jet Erupts into Flames on Landing

• The Moscow Times
• Jun. 10 2014 21:05
• Last edited 21:05

An advanced prototype of Russia's fifth-generation Sukhoi T-50 fighter aircraft caught on fire attempting to land at an airfield outside Moscow on Tuesday, in a blow to one of Russia's prestige defense projects, Sukhoi's parent company, United Aircraft Corporation, said in a press release.

No one was injured in the accident, which saw smoke and flame billow out of the front of the engine and caused visible damage to the exterior of the aircraft.

"This incident will not impact the schedule of the T-50 test program," the release said, adding that an investigation into the cause of the accident had been launched.

Designed by the legendary Sukhoi Design Bureau, the T-50 is being developed as part of Russia's fifth-generation fighter program — a term reserved for the most cutting edge combat aircraft developed in recent years — to replace Russia's Soviet era-Sukhoi 27 and MiG-29 fighters. The first T-50's test flight took place in January 2010 at Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia's Far East, the site of Russia's biggest aircraft plant.

Russia hopes that the T-50, its first post-Soviet fighter, can be deployed by 2016 and attain parity with the U.S. F-35 and F-22, currently the only fifth-generation fighters in service anywhere in the world.

Similar aircraft are also being developed by China, India, and South Korea, and a number of other nations have said they would begin developing their own fifth-generation planes.

The testing program for the T-50 is run out of the Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky, outside of Moscow, where four of the aircraft are stationed and evaluated for their aerodynamics, stability and control characteristics, airframe strength, and how their complex systems and mechanisms mesh, Interfax reported Tuesday.

Fifth-generation fighters such as the F-35 and T-50 offer greater stealth over their fourth-generation predecessors — jets developed from 1980 to now — as they are more maneuverable and their bodies, constructed from advanced composites, do not give off radar signatures.

Russian Advanced Prototype Fighter Jet Erupts into Flames on Landing | Business | The Moscow Times

 

[NKVD]

Russian Advanced Prototype Fighter Jet Erupts into Flames on Landing

• The Moscow Times
• Jun. 10 2014 21:05
• Last edited 21:05

An advanced prototype of Russia's fifth-generation Sukhoi T-50 fighter aircraft caught on fire attempting to land at an airfield outside Moscow on Tuesday, in a blow to one of Russia's prestige defense projects, Sukhoi's parent company, United Aircraft Corporation, said in a press release.

No one was injured in the accident, which saw smoke and flame billow out of the front of the engine and caused visible damage to the exterior of the aircraft.

"This incident will not impact the schedule of the T-50 test program," the release said, adding that an investigation into the cause of the accident had been launched.

Designed by the legendary Sukhoi Design Bureau, the T-50 is being developed as part of Russia's fifth-generation fighter program — a term reserved for the most cutting edge combat aircraft developed in recent years — to replace Russia's Soviet era-Sukhoi 27 and MiG-29 fighters. The first T-50's test flight took place in January 2010 at Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia's Far East, the site of Russia's biggest aircraft plant.

Russia hopes that the T-50, its first post-Soviet fighter, can be deployed by 2016 and attain parity with the U.S. F-35 and F-22, currently the only fifth-generation fighters in service anywhere in the world.

Similar aircraft are also being developed by China, India, and South Korea, and a number of other nations have said they would begin developing their own fifth-generation planes.

The testing program for the T-50 is run out of the Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky, outside of Moscow, where four of the aircraft are stationed and evaluated for their aerodynamics, stability and control characteristics, airframe strength, and how their complex systems and mechanisms mesh, Interfax reported Tuesday.

Fifth-generation fighters such as the F-35 and T-50 offer greater stealth over their fourth-generation predecessors — jets developed from 1980 to now — as they are more maneuverable and their bodies, constructed from advanced composites, do not give off radar signatures.

Russian Advanced Prototype Fighter Jet Erupts into Flames on Landing | Business | The Moscow Times

Won't derail the sedueld induction in 2016

 

[Indus Falcon]

Won't derail the sedueld induction in 2016

Time will tell.

 

[NKVD]

Time will tell.

Ohh really Russians are biggest exporters of Arms in Asia they already have stablished R&D and Name in the market many of there products are Still present in many countries Life Service Including Chinese so please analysze what you saying from last few days we seeing pakistani member's jumping in joy because of the ban lift by Russia if Russians ain't so good why are you excited so much.

 

[Indus Falcon]

Ohh really Russians are biggest exporters of Arms in Asia they already have stablished R&D and Name in the market many of there products are Still present in many countries Life Service Including Chinese so please analysze what you saying from last few days we seeing pakistani member's jumping in joy because of the ban lift of Russia if Russians ain't so good why are you excited so much.

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@Aeronaut @Manticore @Jungibaaz Please put this guy in his place!

 

[NKVD]

You need your head checked. All that was posted on this thread were news articles, no opinions. BUT you had to jump in with your uncalled for comment. To which my reply was a very neutral "time will tell" and then you went all ballistic! You seriously need your head checked, your are imagining things which are not there, because of your blind hatred. Now quit derailing this thread!

@Aeronaut @Manticore @Jungibaaz Please put this guy in his place!

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