F22 Raptor had tailstrike @Hawaii yesterday, $ 1.8M damage..

[Stratofreighter]

The aircraft, a Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor, suffered a tail strike during landing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam - PHNL, Hawaii. The aircraft sustained damages to both horizontal stabilizers.

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=151088

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/brea ... =182611381

[Fulcrum1974]

What's the reason they announce the value of the damage? Are both stabilizers together worth $1.8 M? How do they know the amount of damage in Dollars after a day and what's the news value of that?

[Stratofreighter]

F-22 Raptor Damaged Upon Landing

December 07, 2012 Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam. Upon landing this morning at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, an F-22 Raptor belonging to the 199th and 19th Fighters Squadrons, sustained damage to both horizontal stabilizers.

The initial cost estimate for repairs is $1.8 million. The pilot of the aircraft was uninjured. The cause of the mishap is under investigation.

### For more information, contact: Lt. Col. Charles Anthony Public Affairs Officer Phone: (808) 733-42586

http://hawaii.gov/dod/f-22-raptor-damaged-upon-landing/