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Navy report: 2014 Super Hornet crash was preventable
The crash was a reminder of how a small mistake in the cockpit of a fighter jet can snowball quickly. After entering the maneuver too fast, the pilot had seconds to take corrective action. But because he failed to execute standard cross checks – and because of his inexperience using the helmet-mounted display – he lost “situational awareness,” the report said.
The pilot, investigators learned later, hadn’t gone through a recommended computer-based course before being cleared to fly with the visor-mounted display. In fact, the investigator discovered, out of 17 squadrons based at Oceana, none reported requiring pilots to complete the course; only one of the squadrons was even aware it existed. Navy report 2014 Super Hornet crash was preventable HamptonRoads.com PilotOnline.com
The crash was a reminder of how a small mistake in the cockpit of a fighter jet can snowball quickly. After entering the maneuver too fast, the pilot had seconds to take corrective action. But because he failed to execute standard cross checks – and because of his inexperience using the helmet-mounted display – he lost “situational awareness,” the report said.
The pilot, investigators learned later, hadn’t gone through a recommended computer-based course before being cleared to fly with the visor-mounted display. In fact, the investigator discovered, out of 17 squadrons based at Oceana, none reported requiring pilots to complete the course; only one of the squadrons was even aware it existed. Navy report 2014 Super Hornet crash was preventable HamptonRoads.com PilotOnline.com