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**Coellacag** · 08-29-2012, 11:31 PM

Back in late 1987 I was part of a unit that responded to the crash of a B-1 in La Junta Colorado. The pilot seemed to be trying to belly flop into a pasture but ended up going nose first into a small ridge. He missed his mark by 8'. My first impression of the site was that there simply wasn't enough debris. The only large parts we had were one engine that was found about a half mile away and a few chunks of landing gear. Everything else was pretty damned small. Other than the landing gear the "big" pieces were generally less than 2' long and most of the stuff was closer to being pocket sized.

A plane crash isn't like a car crash. Stuff simply disintegrates and a lot of what isn't immediately pulverized burns.

08-29-2012, 11:31 PM	#17
Coellacag Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 457 Senior Member	Back in late 1987 I was part of a unit that responded to the crash of a B-1 in La Junta Colorado. The pilot seemed to be trying to belly flop into a pasture but ended up going nose first into a small ridge. He missed his mark by 8'. My first impression of the site was that there simply wasn't enough debris. The only large parts we had were one engine that was found about a half mile away and a few chunks of landing gear. Everything else was pretty damned small. Other than the landing gear the "big" pieces were generally less than 2' long and most of the stuff was closer to being pocket sized. A plane crash isn't like a car crash. Stuff simply disintegrates and a lot of what isn't immediately pulverized burns.
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