spike7451 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Reading the article I reckon it was richly deserved,I mean you dont f*** around with flight safety. http://www.flightglobal.com US Marine Corps officials dismissed four squadron officers and reprimanded eight others in the aftermath of the 8 December 2008 crash of a Boeing F/A-18 into a San Diego neighbourhood after a training mission, according to a final report issued on 3 March.Four members of the same family were killed when the twin-engined fighter came down after the pilot lost power to both engines and successfully ejected 400ft (122m) above the ground. Mistakes by the pilot include attempting to land the aircraft at Miramar NAS with housing developments on the approach path rather than the nearer North Island, which would have kept the aircraft over water. The pilot had shut down the right engine as a precaution after receiving oil pressure warning lights minutes after take-off from the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln on the training mission. Minutes before the landing at Miramar, the left engine flamed out despite there being adequate fuel supplies on board. Although the carrier controller had advised the pilot to land at North Island, the pilot and his squadron officials decided instead to try to make it to the aircraft's home base at Miramar, according to the report. Officials criticised the actions of the ground crew for suggesting flight manoeuvres that ultimately starved the left engine of fuel despite the fact that the pilot had reported a "low fuel" light. Investigators also determined that maintenance personnel had known about fuel flow problems on the left engine for months, but had continued to certificate the aircraft as mission ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmojen Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I wonder if the full report is online somewhere? There isn't really any detail in that clip... Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike7451 Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-miramar-jet-crash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmojen Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Thanks Spike, that's pretty interesting Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexwh773 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Thanks Merv, If it wasnt for the fact that people died because of this, the series of events and incompetance would be comical. Bex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 A really sad state of affaris that things got so bad, and that they found so many aircraft with the same problems. Looks to me like a rookie pilot got swayed by people on the ground who should have really known better. Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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