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Faulty Tires Blamed for Travis Barker and DJ AM Plane Crash

Under-inflated tires were to blame for the Learjet plane crash that claimed the lives of four people and seriously injured Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM in November 2008, safety investigators concluded on Tuesday, April 6.

The National Transportation Safety Board also found the flight captain was also at fault, the Associated Press reported.

Investigators said that by their estimates the plane's tires hadn't been checked in three weeks. They further revealed that the tires should have been changed after eight days of service.

It also transpired that the flight's captain made the wrong decision to abort take-off at the Columbia, S.C. airport. All four of the plane's tires exploded within seconds of each other as the plane reached speeds of 150 mph (240 kmh) on the runway. Investigators said they believed the plane had, at this stage, exceeded the speed at which take-off could be safely aborted.

Barker and DJ AM -- real name Adam Goldstein -- were the only survivors of the crash and both suffered terrible burns. Tragically, Goldstein died a year later following a fatal overdose.

The crash led to the reformation of Blink-182 who, until that point, hadn't spoken to one another for four years.

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Amy

RV's/Tour Busses aren't exactly smart either....well..mixed with planes. RIP Randy Rhoads...

clip from Wikipedia as source: "During the second flight, attempts were made to "buzz" the tour bus where the other band members were sleeping.[2] They succeeded twice, but the third attempt was botched."

April 08 2010 at 1:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gary

YOUR ALL FULL OF CRAP!!!

April 08 2010 at 8:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Casket Bier

I thought I read where John Denvers play was some home made POS?

April 08 2010 at 5:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
PreviousNielsenEpoll

well, let's say the pilot & co pilot STOOD on the brakes..in an attempt to abort T-O..and let's say the pressure increases within the tires due to ambient temps and /or being still slightly increased from recent preavious landing caused expansion.. The plane's total weight was increased by reaching V1 ( or whatever speed was obtained) and was exerted onto the over pressurized tires .. and let's suppose that the wheels locked ( from standing on the brakes) and the tires failed to rotate , causing "FLAT SPOTTING" which results in an extreme case of FRICTION and the "soft" material tires blew the hell out.

April 08 2010 at 3:10 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sue

john denver died because he was an alcoholic and he crashed his own plane while flying drunk.

April 08 2010 at 2:47 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Andre

Actually, Sue, no alcohol was found in John Denver's body so he was not "flying drunk." He was flying an experimental plane that was new to him and he was not familiar with the controls.

April 08 2010 at 3:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alfred Schrader

John Denver was sober. His plane ran out of fuel.
I built F-15's, DC-10's, Apache Helicopters, etc. for 19 years. We always had a test pilot for the first flight. Please take the RV....Thanks....Al-

April 08 2010 at 5:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gurganuschris

Actually, Shoadow, you are wrong about Jim Croce's name as well...it's spelled C R O C E. Google it if you don't believe me. There's no H in it anywhere, so you need to follow suit and get your facts together before opening your dicksucker pal.

April 08 2010 at 1:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
aviator

Njpilot78
at 4-07-2010
"Dude, I am a pilot and he is pretty much right on! The pilot reached V1 and tried to abort, some planes can abort after reaching V1 some can't."

No plane should ever abort past V1...

To a pilot, V1 is also known as the decision speed - meaning, a speed reached during the take off when he must make a decision to either abort or continue the take off safely in the event of an engine failure. So, if an engine should fail at the decision speed (V1) during the take off, the pilot is offered two safe courses of action: He can choose to continue the takeoff on the remaining engines or elect to stop the plane by applying full braking. Either way is safe.

For calculation and performance sake, the take off distance starts from the point the take off run is initiated to a point when the aircraft has reached 35 feet. This is also known as the balanced field length. Hence, the decision speed (V1) is used in such a way that the sum of the distance required to accelerate to V1 and then decelerate to a stop is the same as the total distance when the takeoff is continued following engine failure.

April 08 2010 at 1:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tony

Greetings all. I used to fly b-52`s and f-111`s, and im here to say your all full of it. just fill er up hit d gas and fly, if your plane is worth a crap it wont over heat, ever. I remember 1 beautiful day back in 68 when i was flyin a b-52 over nam, (hanoi to b exact). I had 110,547 pounds of napalm on board, now that b a load, and guess what. I didnt over heat. Anyway, rite over hanoi i hit the release button. Ta ta you stinkin commys.

April 08 2010 at 1:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Perfect Speller

And "crooect" is spelled CORRECT and "illerterat" is spelled ILLITERATE, you illiterate fool.

April 08 2010 at 12:08 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Former sailor

"Perfect speller:" No - "crooect" is spelled "crooect" - "correct" is spelled "correct;" and "illerterat" is spelled "illerterat" - "illiterate" is spelled "illiterate." Right or wrong, "A" is never spelled "B." - By the way, do you think that "the shoadow" has a strange name, or is he just not able to even spell "shadow" correctly?

April 08 2010 at 7:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
vettjet

Most high speed Aircraft have thermal plugs or fuses within the inboard wheel half designed th blow at gived temp, appearss they did and bingo, 150 kts and low tire press or no tire press the man is very lucks..PIC @ fault

April 07 2010 at 11:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply