Mishap on a wet runway 1960

I managed to get a few pictures scanned, so I thought I would share them, along with the story behind them.

November 1960 my dad was returning from a RF-84F photo mission somewhere over the Danish islands.

He approached Karup airbase runway 27, which was wet after a shower. Touchdown was without problems and flaps were rised as the nose wheel made contact with the runway. Due to a heavy crosswind, the chute was not deployed and as he applied the brakes; it appeared they failed.

Thundering down the wet runway, he focused on keeping the aircraft on the tarmac. At about 45 knots he hit the net. Luckily he leaned forward in just the right moment.

The photos below tells a better story. Note how the wire caught the aircraft in the “neck-area” of the seat, and the scratched helmet. BTW the net is not designed to catch and decapitate pilots, just to catch them.

In retrospect he said that maybe the brake chute should have been deplyed, despite the crosswind being higher than the aircraft manual suggested as max…..

Sorry about the scanning quality, it was a photocopy machine at work (300DPI)