{"id":31508653,"date":"2026-11-06T17:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T16:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/?p=31508653"},"modified":"2026-11-06T17:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T16:43:17","slug":"b-1b-nose-gear-up-landing-edwards-1989-dunno-we-aint-done-crashing-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/fr\/b-1b-nose-gear-up-landing-edwards-1989-dunno-we-aint-done-crashing-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"&ldquo;Dunno, We Ain&rsquo;t Done Crashing Yet&rdquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\n\n<style>\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid #0F1720;background:#fff;color:#0F1720;font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;letter-spacing:0;text-transform:none;cursor:pointer;box-shadow:none;transition:background .15s,color 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About three hours later the crew found that the nose landing gear would not come down. By that evening the bomber was resting on its nose in a cloud of dust on the dry lakebed at <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/edwards\/\">Edwards Air Force Base<\/a>, California, and all four men aboard walked away from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;border-left:4px solid #1a1a1a;padding:18px 22px;margin:24px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px\"><li><strong>Date:<\/strong> 4 October 1989<\/li><li><strong>Aircraft:<\/strong> Rockwell B-1B Lancer, 96th Bombardment Wing, Dyess AFB, Texas<\/li><li><strong>Crew:<\/strong> Capt. Jeffrey K. Beene (aircraft commander), Capt. Vernon B. Benton (pilot), Capt. Robert H. Hendricks (offensive systems officer), Lt. Col. Joseph G. Day (instructor offensive systems officer)<\/li><li><strong>Problem:<\/strong> Nose landing gear would not extend<\/li><li><strong>Diversion:<\/strong> About 1,125 miles from Dyess to Edwards, with in-flight refuelling<\/li><li><strong>Landing:<\/strong> About 6:15 p.m. PDT, on the Rogers Dry Lake lakebed runway at Edwards<\/li><li><strong>Injuries:<\/strong> None<\/li><li><strong>Damage:<\/strong> Minimal; the aircraft was repaired and returned to service<\/li><li><strong>Award:<\/strong> 1989 Mackay Trophy<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Hours of Trying<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem appeared at about 11:30 a.m. Central time. For about five hours the bomber circled Dyess while the crew, maintenance teams and engineers from the manufacturer, Rockwell, worked through every way they could think of to get the gear down. Aircraft commander Jeff Beene later described the loss of the number two hydraulic system. Nothing they tried worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rather than abandon the aircraft, the Air Force chose to land it with its nose gear up, and to do it on the one surface built for that kind of problem: the huge dry lakebed at Edwards, where the Space Shuttle landed. The B-1B was refuelled in flight and flew some 1,125 miles west. Edwards had been warned almost seven hours before the landing. A T-38 and an F-111 joined as escorts, and the crew circled several times and flew at least one approach to get the feel of the lakebed.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Nose Down in the Dust<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At about 6:15 p.m. Pacific time, Beene and pilot Vernon Benton put the bomber down on its main gear on the lakebed runway. They held the nose up and let the aircraft roll for several thousand feet, deliberately not touching the brakes, before easing the nose down onto the clay. It ploughed to a stop in a long plume of dust. Beene later recalled the touchdown as very smooth. Damage was minimal, and nobody was hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/11\/b-1b-nose-down-edwards-lakebed-4-october-1989.jpg\" alt=\"B-1B Lancer at rest on its nose on the dry lakebed at Edwards AFB at dusk, fire crews beside it\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The 96th Bombardment Wing B-1B at rest on its nose on the Rogers Dry Lake lakebed at Edwards on the evening of 4 October 1989, with fire crews alongside and the main gear still carrying the tail. Photo: U.S. Air Force, via the Air Force Historical Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Line Everyone Remembers<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The story that has made this landing famous online is a radio exchange: as the bomber slid through the dust, the tower supposedly asked whether the crew needed assistance, and the answer came back, &ldquo;Dunno, we ain&rsquo;t done crashing yet.&rdquo; It is a perfect line. We could not find it in any contemporary report, in the Air Force accounts of the landing, or in the crew&rsquo;s own later recollections. Treat it as aviation folklore rather than a recorded transmission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0 8px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XmZC5uaw69s\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin:0 0 24px;font-style:italic\">Footage of the B-1B rolling out on its main gear and settling onto its nose on the Edwards lakebed, 4 October 1989 (video: airailimages).<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Mackay Trophy<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beene, Benton, Hendricks and Day received the 1989 Mackay Trophy, awarded each year for the most meritorious flight by a US Air Force crew or airman. The bomber was repaired at Edwards, and the following January the same crew went back to collect it and flew it home to Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">What the Popular Version Gets Right<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The widely shared account is accurate on the essentials: 4 October 1989, a Dyess B-1B, a nose gear that would not extend, hours of attempts, in-flight refuelling, more than 1,000 miles to Edwards, a nose-up touchdown on the main gear, no injuries, minimal damage and the 1989 Mackay Trophy. Three points need care. The touch-and-go approaches were flown at Edwards to get a feel for the lakebed rather than to shake the gear loose. Two of the four crew, Robert Hendricks and Joseph Day, usually go unmentioned. And the &ldquo;ain&rsquo;t done crashing yet&rdquo; reply is not documented anywhere we could find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sources: UPI, &ldquo;B-1 bomber lands safely without nose gear&rdquo; (4 October 1989); Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, This Day in Airpower, 4 October 1989; Air Force Historical Foundation, &ldquo;October 4, 1989&rdquo;; KSLA, &ldquo;KSLA Salutes: Surviving the crash&rdquo; (3 October 2019), interview with Jeff Beene.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\n\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\n\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\n\n\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\n\n\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>What happened to the B-1B at Edwards in 1989?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">On 4 October 1989 a B-1B from the 96th Bombardment Wing at Dyess AFB, Texas, could not lower its nose landing gear. After hours of attempts it flew about 1,125 miles to Edwards AFB, California, with in-flight refuelling, and landed on its main gear on the dry lakebed, lowering the nose onto the ground. All four crew were unhurt and damage was minimal.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Who were the crew of the B-1B nose-gear landing?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The four crew were Capt. Jeffrey K. Beene, aircraft commander; Capt. Vernon B. Benton, pilot; Capt. Robert H. Hendricks, offensive systems officer; and Lt. Col. Joseph G. Day, instructor offensive systems officer.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Did the B-1B crew really say &ldquo;Dunno, we ain&rsquo;t done crashing yet&rdquo;?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">There is no documented record of it. The line does not appear in contemporary news reports, Air Force accounts or the crew&rsquo;s later interviews about the 4 October 1989 landing. It is best treated as aviation folklore.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Why did the B-1B land on the Edwards dry lakebed?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The Rogers Dry Lake lakebed at Edwards offers miles of flat, hard clay runways, giving a damaged aircraft far more room to roll out than any conventional runway. The Space Shuttle used the same lakebed for landings.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Did the B-1B crew win the Mackay Trophy?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Yes. Jeffrey Beene, Vernon Benton, Robert Hendricks and Joseph Day received the 1989 Mackay Trophy, awarded for the most meritorious flight of the year by a US Air Force crew or airman.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Did the B-1B fly again after the nose-gear landing?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Yes. The B-1B suffered only minimal damage, was repaired at Edwards, and the following January the same crew flew it back to Texas. 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